Current Farm Report 7-7-12: the doom marches on

Oh, I'm a he

begging your pardon.

i am connecting with some great people and i have no idea gender ID, so forgive the assumption. :) i'll do my best to keep it neutral.

No problem... but I thought it best to clarify now rather than later.

+1 karma to you. now get back to the fekkin topic.



Last Edited by Anne O'Mally on 07/07/2012 09:24 PM

What part of Texas?
I asked in my garden thread but missed you.

I thought most of Teaxas was in bad shape.

central Idaho

looks like texas is doing alright in some fields...

Saturday, July 7, 2012
Last minute plantings swell burley acreage 9%

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its first acreage report for the 2012 tobacco crop at the end of June. Burley plantings increased noticeably since the Prospective Plantings projection in march, from 94,700 acres, which would have been a seven percent from last season, to 96,800 acres, up nearly nine percent. Much of the increase for this season is coming from the two leading burley states.

[link to modtob.blogspot.com]


Ranchers Struggle to Recover From Texas Drought

by Kelly Connelly, KUT News
July 5, 2012

Last year’s drought dried up hay fields, sent feed prices through the roof and forced many Texas ranchers to sell off large portions of their herds. A year later, many are still trying to recover. Despite winter rains, some think the state's cattle industry may never recover from the drought.

[link to www.texastribune.org]

Thanks for posting this, OP! Really does help me see how bad the ag situation really is.

Wut?

What are you high on?

Why the insult? He spelled far wrong (fare) and forgot that there is more than one mountain here, other than that he was perfectly understandable. (PNW = Pacific Northwest)

I guess I'm high up on the land here there flatlander.

Don't eat corn or wheat.

NW Iowa checking in.

The Father in Law is extremely worried about the corn situation, needs rain badly. He farms 200 acres and still needs to buy corn to feed his hogs each year and is afraid of poor yields and higher prices. The corn started to tassle last week during the heat wave, yesterday being 100 degrees with a heat index of 110. We had a few localized pockets of much needed rain the last couple of days, and the crops look pretty good from a distance but I fear the yields are getting cut already from lack of rain and heat. We need inches of rain soon to replenish the soil, as the crops have been living on sub soil moisture from heavy rains last fall and that is just about gone.

The wife just picked up some fresh locally grown sweet corn and they had to raise the price because of all the watering it took. I've seen a few small plots of sweet corn with makeshift irrigation systems this year to save the crop, but it works for the sweet corn because you are talking about an acre at the most and that is sold locally. The field corn cannot be irrigated unless there is already a huge system installed which is rare in this area.

The last I checked the forecast next week is for normal temps but not much chance for rain. I think there is still time for a decent yield IF we get a couple of good soaking rains in the next week or two. If not it could be major doom in my area. Only time will tell.

Why do all farm animals have slimy shit ?

Because it's a fucking conspiracy.

Why do cows have 9 stomics ? so they can eat anything.

So why do you feed them grass ? slimy shit and so it's expencive for horses



Should I go on ?


barbwire and bullshit is illogical.

would you like to discuss the fallacy of dairy products? because we can go there.

Or beef, it's all fucked up wierdow hormons, vaccines and it gives you realy bad gass.

eating meat and animal products is gross^^^, good post

important. ^^^^

small gardens. this is what i hear. provide for your families. farmers do an amazing, under-appreciated job that most take for granted. take care of your families first. this is year 2 of bad circumstances. we have 2-3 more years. please grow your own family's food first.

this is what i suggest to anyone wanting to maintain a meat-based diet:

rabbits
chickens
goats

I can almost guarantee we are in 100% agreement on that and as a horseman I find cowboys FULLYRETARD.

now do not forget that they do deserve a certain amount of acknowledgement.

but i cannot say for certain that i agree with any standard practices.

would any farmers like to step up and defend GMO?

alrighty then. let me bring it.

Last Edited by Anne O'Mally on 07/07/2012 10:55 PM

We are about to start sprouts! You don't need soil to grow them.
The seeds for sprouts must be super clean specially for growing sprouts.
Don't use the seeds used for soil growth.(I was told)

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How about nothing with slimy shit.

There was antalope shit on the grass right outside my door this morning, I love that.

What color was it?

whatever you do, get something going. The dire crops are just the start. The amount earmarked for export or conversion to fuel will not be reduced regardless of yields. They will shrink the supply that stays here in the USA.

Get something going. Save yourself and your family.

[link to www.backyardchickens.com]

I have the room for raising rabbits, chickens, with all the illegals around I can get goats.
But being a city gal---how do I kill them?
I don't think I can do this.
My husband grew up with family that killed their own meat
but he's grown soft lately.
I guess when one is hungry they will do the job. Right?

see? you already have your answers.

Actually there are some really good you tube videos that show you step by step how to do it. There are some really good ones on rabbits, but I haven't tried them yet.