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foxleigh
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wet, wet, wet . . .
send some our way please.
we are existing on showers of 5 - 10 mm every 10 days or so which is just enuf to revive young crops from their "blue" state but not enuf to give us sub soil moisture which at this point in my garden which was mulched is 3 inches but down the paddock where I planted some tree tubes is none existant.
my crystal ball wants to tell me that come mid oct cow prices will crash because eberyone will have had their first almost none existant spring milk cheque, the lush short grass will have wilted with the first high 20's weather and we wont have a big water allocation to keep things going.
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3/8/2009, 21:22
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Big Bird
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Re: wet, wet, wet . . .
We've had virtually no rain in September, ground is hard as concrete and what little grass there is out there is almost dying. Daytime temperatures still at or above 20 degrees C, still well into double figures at night. Not even given the cows the choice of the cubilcle house yet, but hauling pretty much a full winter ration out to field for them.
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2/10/2009, 13:37
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FiringOnAllFour
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Re: wet, wet, wet . . .
We've had a dry fortnight at the end of september which has literally saved us from the gallows. Had it not been so, cattle would have all been housed, slurry tanks couldn't have been emptied onto waterlogged ground, maize - well thats anyones's guess, there wouldn't even have been enough straw to put a scandalous price on, and no winter cereals sown.
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2/10/2009, 18:38
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svennis
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Re: wet, wet, wet . . .
We`ve had a really dry summer here. Barley, rye and maize yields were low and we have only got a few round bales from second cut and nearly no third cut because everything dried up. Winter barley has been sown in the dust on monday. The driver had to stop several times because he couldnt see anything in the dusty air. On tuesday it started to rain a bit and temperatures declined from 20 degrees C to a maximum of 12 degrees. Now obviously the first autumn storm has arrived and that all with me getting married today... But at least we get the rain that we strongly need.
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3/10/2009, 7:31
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Smurf4
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wet, wet, wet . . .
Cowtalk on your wedding day, thats real dedication!
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3/10/2009, 17:40
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Big Bird
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Re: wet, wet, wet . . .
Finally ad to admit defeat and house the cows at night because there just aren't enough hours of daylight to justify putting them out twice a day. Still out by day. Little concerned about even having them in at night given the current mild weather.
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28/10/2009, 9:05
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FiringOnAllFour
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Re: wet, wet, wet . . .
Its little wonder lots of our folks are moving back to farm on the mainland.
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28/10/2009, 18:31
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