Finally back on our feet.

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

Our ranch was homesteaded by my great granddad is 1946. After 67 years of hard work my family has done the ranch grew from 2 sections to 100 square sections. But in 2010 we went into a awful drought and ending up selling thousands of head of cattle. First of the summer this year we were down just to 30% of our original calf crop and still currently like that. After 3 years of only getting 3 inches throughout the years it has knocked us off our feet. My granddad was born in 1937 and says it was by far the worst he's ever seen it. In the spring we were literally getting the blade out and moving the sand drifts off the highway to get to our headquarters. But two nights ago all that has changed it came in and rained anywhere from 4.5 to 8 inches on the ranch. Here is some pics of the creeks and lakes on our ranch that has been dry since 2005. The lake has been dry since the 80s and is the fullest its ever been since the 60s.


Taiban Creek running 6 Ft and 75 yds wide

Red Lake

4.5'' at our farm. More then we've gotten in 3 years.

Tolar Creek

Tolar Creek

Granddad, Me, Dad.

 

[Poltergeist]

:thumb:

 

[Operator1]

Congrats on finally getting some rain! We have more years with too much rain than not enough. How big is a section anyway? I'm not up on the western measurements.

 

[MAXX IT OUT]

You could send us some rain........Rain is a Good Thing:thumb:

How big is a section anyway? I'm not up on the western measurements.

A square Mile

 

[Chevy1925]

thats awesome Blake!

 

[hondarider552]

Rain makes corn !

 

[SmokeShow]

Corn makes whiskey ! :woott:



I sense a jingle.




And in all seriousness, I hope the rain and water stick around for you. I honestly don't know what it's like to be somewhere that doesn't have water all the time. What a stressor for a farmer!

 

[trashygasman]

Congrats on finally getting some rain! We have more years with too much rain than not enough. How big is a section anyway? I'm not up on the western measurements.

640 acres in a section or square mile.

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

thats awesome Blake!

Thanks James hopefully be stress free next summer.

You could send us some rain........Rain is a Good Thing:thumb:

Got that right!

Corn makes whiskey ! :woott:



I sense a jingle.




And in all seriousness, I hope the rain and water stick around for you. I honestly don't know what it's like to be somewhere that doesn't have water all the time. What a stressor for a farmer!

And whiskey makes my girl a lil frisky!:thumb:
It really is stressful, at one point we were hauling 49 big roand bales a week to our pastures and caking every other day.

 

[DBUSHLB7]

Rain makes grain bitches.

Blake glad to see y'all gettin hammered. This state is doing backflips over some damn humidity. Roofing companies here in ABQ are going 24/7 and cannot keep up.
After so much drought and repeated years of little to no precip, people's roofs never get tested at all. Dropped my kiddo off at preschool today and there was Sheetrock falling and buckets everywhere collecting water. Hopefully a few wood floors buckle around town:secret:

 

[DBUSHLB7]

Holy crap man! As I was typing ^

Round two here we go!

 

[duramaxdiesel]

Wow! The irony!

 

[lifteddirty]

Congrats man, rain is always a god thing no matter where you are!!

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

Holy crap man! As I was typing ^

Round two here we go!

Haha! Bring on the rain bro, right after work today we got another 1/2 inch! Can't wait to see the state green again. Was getting tired of all the damn dust storms.

Congrats man, rain is always a god thing no matter where you are!!

Thanks, its a lil late for the growing season but we'll take it anytime, no complaints!!

 

[ZackChavez]

This rain is awesome, great job security for me and customers

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

This rain is awesome, great job security for me and customers

Got that right Zack :thumb:

 

[ZackChavez]

Got that right Zack :thumb:

Do you guys primarily raise production cattle?

 

[DBUSHLB7]

This rain is awesome, great job security for me and customers

Zack have you been out to the lake house to see if your shop flooded again? Conchas must be fillin up some more!

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

Do you guys primarily raise production cattle?

We started off as an cow calf operation but as things got bigger we decided we'd build our own feedlot here at our headquarters which will hold around 4,000 head. So we have our range cattle plus feedlot calves. We buy the calves usually down by the border weighing 250-300lbs. We have our own mix feed trucks and commodities to make that right ration to put 2-3lbs on daily per head. Its not the typical Ranch as we grow our own corn which turns to silage for the feedlot. After we bulk them we ship them to Hereford, TX where a feedlot finish feeding them out till they are ready to be sold, which by then they'll be weighing from 1,000-1200lbs. Pretty neat business. But a gamble at the same time.

 

[ZackChavez]

Zack have you been out to the lake house to see if your shop flooded again? Conchas must be fillin up some more!

Damian I am guessing the shop has a considerable amount of water inside! I am hoping to get up there next weekend to check things out, or have my brother go by at the minimum. Conchas received well over 4 inches of rain, I have not checked the grand total. The lake has risen over 7' as of yesterday morning. Once it is all said and done with I am guessing a rise of no less than 10'! It would be neat to see it close to the spill way! It's amazing to see a lake rise over 45' (and rising) in such a short amount of time!

We started off as an cow calf operation but as things got bigger we decided we'd build our own feedlot here at our headquarters which will hold around 4,000 head. So we have our range cattle plus feedlot calves. We buy the calves usually down by the border weighing 250-300lbs. We have our own mix feed trucks and commodities to make that right ration to put 2-3lbs on daily per head. Its not the typical Ranch as we grow our own corn which turns to silage for the feedlot. After we bulk them we ship them to Hereford, TX where a feedlot finish feeding them out till they are ready to be sold, which by then they'll be weighing from 1,000-1200lbs. Pretty neat business. But a gamble at the same time.

That's awesome man! Sounds like you guys have a great operation going! Agriculture next to trucking is my passion! I work for Farm Credit of New Mexico and really enjoy what I do! It's awesome to see and work in an area that keeps America alive!


-Zack