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The dog days of summer

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By contributing writer Rayford Pullen
If these are the dog days of summer, bring it on. Around our place, we have had good rains and mild temperatures, something not usually associated with Texas summers. While we still haven’t filled our stock tanks, (ponds for you folks east of Interstate 35), our grass is growing fast enough to provide plenty of grazing for both the cows and the grasshoppers.
While I have personally mounted an assault against the grasshoppers eating Carla Sue’s roses and other ornamentals, I have not taken any action in the pastures. Hopefully we can continue to outgrow the grasshopper’s consumption. Being in native grass country, the grass we grow now will also be our hay source for this winter. So we are hoping this weather continues for a while longer. To read more pick up the August 2014 issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch.

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Ag Elsewhere: Wyoming

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By Tressa Lawrence

Despite some blue skies, March can still bring sub-zero temperatures to Wyoming as calves hit the ground.

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Ag Elsewhere: Montana

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By Lindsey Monk

Welding on some corrals before dark. It’s been a mild winter in Montana so far, knock on wood.

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Land Market Report: January Land Sales

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By Jared Groce

The rural land market in North Texas has had a fairly stale start to the year, with the number of transactions closed being minimal so far. There has been an increase in call volume from buyers, and some are turning into contracts, but I feel like we are still a little slower than we usually are at this time of the year. The “experts” are expecting fewer transactions in 2024 as compared to 2023, and they may be correct, because election years always seem to be slower. Once the election is over, and regardless of who wins, things seem to pick up once again. It is a strange phenomena that just seems to happen every four years.

With the amount of growth that we are currently experiencing here, I do not expect things to get any cheaper. More people means more houses, and they have to have land to build those houses on.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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