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Post by sj on Jun 24, 2011 20:15:56 GMT -5
Fun is fun, but this dry crap is begining to cost some of us some real money. We be talkin' six figures.  |
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Post by shark on Jun 24, 2011 22:17:26 GMT -5
guess you mean in cattle ? water bills ? My end of town smells a lot better guess they're getting rid of the cows from what I read in the paper
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Post by sj on Jun 26, 2011 21:29:04 GMT -5
I mean I plant things in the ground and they do not grow. If they don't grow I have no commodity to sell. This means no income. It takes water for crops to grow....we ain't got any. Nothing like working a year for nothing.
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Post by shark on Jun 27, 2011 9:02:36 GMT -5
Yeah it would be hard. My husband is trying to grow tomatoes in long boxes. We've ate couple of 'baby' tomatos so far. I'd kill for some green ones. Trying to find a green tomato down here is like trying to find a diamond ring on the hwy. LOL I got a produce man on Georgia I keep haunting ,hoping he'll bring me some from Colorado. When I was up in Ind. in May I feasted on strawberries home grown sure missed them.
Just a bad, bad yr. They have signs posted up at the Coyote Corner telling folks "NO fireworks are to be bought into Randall Co. " and hinting that U will be prosecuted. Glad to see that. I'm scared to death.
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Post by phantom on Jun 27, 2011 11:09:14 GMT -5
I know it's bad this year oui. Praying for rain. I just hope it doesn't come to late for all the farmers here.
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Post by sj on Jun 27, 2011 18:40:04 GMT -5
Phantom, I had been reading the past month or so about this drought could top the last drought which cost Texas agriculture something like $4 billion dollars. I was pushing some numbers earlier today after touring some of West Texas, South Plains and Panhandle and also visiting with some of my friends in the area. I think cotton loss alone could top the $4 billion mark. Then you have other crops and livestock.
The ripples of this will go through communities as the Ag dollar turns over seven times in the respective economy. It will take three to five years to come out of this economic situation if it started to rain tomorrow.
Glad we have some tough folks in the country. We weeded out the weak a long time ago.
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Post by phantom on Jun 27, 2011 21:34:23 GMT -5
I don't think people realize how this affects everyone. From the grain needed to feed cattle, hogs and sheep to fruit and vegetables for human consumption to cotton clothing, etc. This drought will have long lasting effects.
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Post by Old Rip on Jun 28, 2011 3:31:36 GMT -5
Went to bed too early so now I am awake sitting at the computer listening to the wind howl. Thunder and lightning went through the area and enough rain to make the street wet. Whether or not it put any moisture in the ground or just a layer of dirt on the cars we'll see in the morning. Nice to be reminded that water can come from the sky and not a garden hose.
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Post by west-texan on Jul 19, 2011 20:13:24 GMT -5
guess you mean in cattle ? water bills ? My end of town smells a lot better guess they're getting rid of the cows from what I read in the paper I'm still wondering what you are talking about here. Getting rid of what cattle? From where? |
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