As Drought Intensifies, Texas Ranchers Sell Cattle
SAN ANGELO — Last week, Thomas Hinds delivered more than a dozen calves to an auction house in San Angelo, some 350 miles northeast of his ranch in Sanderson. Less than an inch of rain has fallen on his land since last September, and the drought has made it hard to find find hay, said Hinds, who estimated that the price of feed has also risen by a third since last year.
"A lot of people our age are just quitting because feed is so high and labor is so hard to get," said Hinds, who was a boy during the ...
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Leigh Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I read Elmer Keaton's _The Time It Never Rained_, about the drought in the 50's, earlier this summer. If you want to know what drought in Texas is all about, you can find out everything, all the gut-wrenching details, in this novel.
W Joe Deshotel via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"...and labor is so hard to get," interesting.
Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Labor is hard to get... BUT I thought there were millions of unemployed Americans... How could there possibly be difficult to find labor - the opposite should be true, there should be a SURPLUS of candidates for those jobs... Hmmmmmmm...
Chris Bazan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I hope Perry's prayer party works...he is right, this is only something God can fix, even though climate change is happening b/c of my car, electricity usage, etc...lets pray our way out of every problem b/c it worked so well for (insert every ethnic genocide event here).
Margaret Blankenship Crews via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So sad.
Sean Riley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'm looking for some beef. Where can I buy one? Can I get it pre-butchered?