While ranchers in west texas may buy hay from out of state we are talking about ranchers in east and central texas. In a normal year they grow all the hay they need to last threw the winter. They do not feed hay during the summer because the cows are on pasture.
This year all the pastures have dried up so they do not have enough grass to support a cow with grazing much less have some over to cut for hay. They have been selling off the cows at reduced prices because of the market glut or feeding hay all summer.
There is a guy up the road from me that has no cows of his own. He cuts and sells hay in the summer and has yankee yearlings that graze rye grass over the winter on a pound gained fee. This year he has no hay for sale because they moved in so many texas cows. The texas rancher had a choice of selling his cows or hauling in hay from out of state. He choose to move his cows to the greener grass we have. Time he pays for hauling and grazing his cows on someone else’s pastures there will be a major loss but at least he still has his herd to move back home when things change.
Things are so dry fires are starting in the highway neutral ground because someone was dragging a trailer chain; or had a flat tire and ran on the rim to the next exit.
I pray you are never in a situation like these texas farmers are in now and need donated hay.
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