Vegetables won't grow in my area without irrigation. Native Gramma, buffalo grass and blue stem will. They are excellent cattle, horse or elk feed. It takes 40 acres of it to graze a cow and calf and a bull needs even more. You need a bull for from 1 to 25 cows to produce calves, unless you A I the cows. If you touch this land with a plo…
Vegetables won't grow in my area without irrigation. Native Gramma, buffalo grass and blue stem will. They are excellent cattle, horse or elk feed. It takes 40 acres of it to graze a cow and calf and a bull needs even more. You need a bull for from 1 to 25 cows to produce calves, unless you A I the cows. If you touch this land with a plow it takes about a century to come back. 160 acre wheat homesteads were the disaster that caused the dust bowl.
When we go to Texas Roadhouse I order a steak with two salads for my sides and skip the bread even though that bread is delicious.
Unfortunately irrigation water is being bought up by cities at higher amounts than a farmer can pay. At least most golf courses now must used treated sewer water.
Vegetables won't grow in my area without irrigation. Native Gramma, buffalo grass and blue stem will. They are excellent cattle, horse or elk feed. It takes 40 acres of it to graze a cow and calf and a bull needs even more. You need a bull for from 1 to 25 cows to produce calves, unless you A I the cows. If you touch this land with a plow it takes about a century to come back. 160 acre wheat homesteads were the disaster that caused the dust bowl.
When we go to Texas Roadhouse I order a steak with two salads for my sides and skip the bread even though that bread is delicious.
I hear you, most everything needs water to grow, especially humans. Regenerative farming and no-till are options.
Unfortunately irrigation water is being bought up by cities at higher amounts than a farmer can pay. At least most golf courses now must used treated sewer water.
Don't even get me started on golf courses!
Same here