Panhandle Fires

[bloodtrailer28]

Through the years, many of your posts come across as dumb okie redneck humor or completely bonged out. I took you for a down to earth country boy who was savvy to the country life but you definitely are a misplaced and outspoken citified person. You obviously skipped U.S. history the day they taught about the dust bowl. You should read up on it about how and why it happened and what they are doing to keep it from happening again. You live in the epicenter of the historic dust bowl area and you need to understand what happened. Those stubble fields you complain about are the only thing keeping the soil from blowing away from harvest time until planting time. It also helps keep any moisture that's left in the subsurface instead of being evaporated after tilling/discing. Not disturbing the soil until planting time also reduces weed growth and the need for extra applications of herbicide. Depending on the crop planted in the spring, they may no till directly into winter wheat or milo stubble. You need to understand the cost of farming and operating and how narrow the bottom line is to make s profit. With your logic, if everything was planted in winter wheat and then there was a bad drought and wildfire outbreak in the summer, you would be complaining about the farmers not planting everything in corn which would be green and fire resistant vs dry harvested wheat stubble. You need to understand how farmers decide what and where they are going to plant. It's based on a gamble and futures of markets. They dont plant milo or corn just to p*** you off. On dry land wheat in that part of the world, you may only have a profitable crop once every 3-4 years. But with insurance and govt subsidies it at least pays something. If the timely rains come, the milo and corn does pretty well, especially in sw ks. I dont live there but I have spent a lot of time in Elkhart/Hugoton/Sublette which is in your area and is a large checkerboard of crp and irrigated/non irrigated crop land on a rotation of fallow/corn/milo/wheat. There are also large expanses of open grassland for cattle. Some of the nicest people I have met, especially the farming and ranching families. If you are going to complain about the farmers, then go ahead and complain about ranchers and their grasslands too. Some of the greatest people in America that are putting food on your complaining table.. Lastly, I suspect most of your hunting and snake wrangling areas you use are the result of nice farmers and ranchers giving you free reign like it was your own property to use whenever you like. It would be nice if you could throw them a nice gesture once in a while and be grateful for who and what they are instead of tearing them down and making it a personal agenda for your skewed rationale. Maybe the country life ain't for you anymore. Prayers for all those families afflicted by these wildfires and hoping that they dont flare up this weekend.

i was thinking the same thing! Go tell those farmers how selfish they are while they let you go run all over their land. typical ungrateful bs

[okrattler]

Through the years, many of your posts come across as dumb okie redneck humor or completely bonged out. I took you for a down to earth country boy who was savvy to the country life but you definitely are a misplaced and outspoken citified person. You obviously skipped U.S. history the day they taught about the dust bowl. You should read up on it about how and why it happened and what they are doing to keep it from happening again. You live in the epicenter of the historic dust bowl area and you need to understand what happened. Those stubble fields you complain about are the only thing keeping the soil from blowing away from harvest time until planting time. It also helps keep any moisture that's left in the subsurface instead of being evaporated after tilling/discing. Not disturbing the soil until planting time also reduces weed growth and the need for extra applications of herbicide. Depending on the crop planted in the spring, they may no till directly into winter wheat or milo stubble. You need to understand the cost of farming and operating and how narrow the bottom line is to make s profit. With your logic, if everything was planted in winter wheat and then there was a bad drought and wildfire outbreak in the summer, you would be complaining about the farmers not planting everything in corn which would be green and fire resistant vs dry harvested wheat stubble. You need to understand how farmers decide what and where they are going to plant. It's based on a gamble and futures of markets. They dont plant milo or corn just to p*** you off. On dry land wheat in that part of the world, you may only have a profitable crop once every 3-4 years. But with insurance and govt subsidies it at least pays something. If the timely rains come, the milo and corn does pretty well, especially in sw ks. I dont live there but I have spent a lot of time in Elkhart/Hugoton/Sublette which is in your area and is a large checkerboard of crp and irrigated/non irrigated crop land on a rotation of fallow/corn/milo/wheat. There are also large expanses of open grassland for cattle. Some of the nicest people I have met, especially the farming and ranching families. If you are going to complain about the farmers, then go ahead and complain about ranchers and their grasslands too. Some of the greatest people in America that are putting food on your complaining table.. Lastly, I suspect most of your hunting and snake wrangling areas you use are the result of nice farmers and ranchers giving you free reign like it was your own property to use whenever you like. It would be nice if you could throw them a nice gesture once in a while and be grateful for who and what they are instead of tearing them down and making it a personal agenda for your skewed rationale. Maybe the country life ain't for you anymore. Prayers for all those families afflicted by these wildfires and hoping that they dont flare up this weekend.

Obviously you skipped the part where I said nothing about making every field that way. 4 sections total around every town. I think you have a skewed idea about what I was trying to say or just assumed you knew, read half way through or what. Nowhere did I suggest plowing over every piece of ground or planting certain crops to serve as a fire break in every section. North, South, East and West of the outskirts of every town. Not every piece of ground where stubble exist. Because as you know, there would be another Dust Bowl.

It seems as though the majority of guys here either read too much into things or don't read enough into it. Because I didn't suggest anything like that. Not even close.

[cnbltt]

Prayers for all

[okrattler]

How it is vs. how I suggested it should be.

[ThisLadyHunts]

Through the years, many of your posts come across as dumb okie redneck humor or completely bonged out. I took you for a down to earth country boy who was savvy to the country life but you definitely are a misplaced and outspoken citified person. You obviously skipped U.S. history the day they taught about the dust bowl. You should read up on it about how and why it happened and what they are doing to keep it from happening again. You live in the epicenter of the historic dust bowl area and you need to understand what happened. Those stubble fields you complain about are the only thing keeping the soil from blowing away from harvest time until planting time. It also helps keep any moisture that's left in the subsurface instead of being evaporated after tilling/discing. Not disturbing the soil until planting time also reduces weed growth and the need for extra applications of herbicide. Depending on the crop planted in the spring, they may no till directly into winter wheat or milo stubble. You need to understand the cost of farming and operating and how narrow the bottom line is to make s profit. With your logic, if everything was planted in winter wheat and then there was a bad drought and wildfire outbreak in the summer, you would be complaining about the farmers not planting everything in corn which would be green and fire resistant vs dry harvested wheat stubble. You need to understand how farmers decide what and where they are going to plant. It's based on a gamble and futures of markets. They dont plant milo or corn just to p*** you off. On dry land wheat in that part of the world, you may only have a profitable crop once every 3-4 years. But with insurance and govt subsidies it at least pays something. If the timely rains come, the milo and corn does pretty well, especially in sw ks. I dont live there but I have spent a lot of time in Elkhart/Hugoton/Sublette which is in your area and is a large checkerboard of crp and irrigated/non irrigated crop land on a rotation of fallow/corn/milo/wheat. There are also large expanses of open grassland for cattle. Some of the nicest people I have met, especially the farming and ranching families. If you are going to complain about the farmers, then go ahead and complain about ranchers and their grasslands too. Some of the greatest people in America that are putting food on your complaining table.. Lastly, I suspect most of your hunting and snake wrangling areas you use are the result of nice farmers and ranchers giving you free reign like it was your own property to use whenever you like. It would be nice if you could throw them a nice gesture once in a while and be grateful for who and what they are instead of tearing them down and making it a personal agenda for your skewed rationale. Maybe the country life ain't for you anymore. Prayers for all those families afflicted by these wildfires and hoping that they dont flare up this weekend.

Lots of good information here, much of had not been pointed out until now. Great arguments, sir.

[Slabby]

How it is vs. how I suggested it should be.

No doubt you truly are an okie......I'll give you that

[okrattler]

No doubt you truly are an okie......I'll give you that

Ahahahahahaha Thank ya, thank ya very much.

[.243 WSSM]

Lots of good information here, much of had not been pointed out until now. Great arguments, sir.

Thank you Ma'am, can you pour me one of your stout drinks now please?

[Pedernal]

Any chance we can keep the bickering to private messages? Let’s try to keep this about information. Here is a link to the Texas A+M site that gives some info as to the size and containment percentage to the ongoing fires…. Continued prayers for the folks up in the panhandle

https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/CurrentSituation/

[Artos]

Anyone heard anything solid regarding the loss of livestock??

[PondPopper]

Any chance we can keep the bickering to private messages? Let’s try to keep this about information. Here is a link to the Texas A+M site that gives some info as to the size and containment percentage to the ongoing fires…. Continued prayers for the folks up in the panhandle

https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/CurrentSituation/

I second your first sentence.
Or just whip them out and measure them and get it over with!!! It’s past the point of being ridiculous!!

[PondPopper]

Anyone heard anything solid regarding the loss of livestock??

I talk to my uncle today. He’s in Pampa. A good friend of his lost all that he had. A little over 200 head.
But that’s just a drop in the bucket according to him.

[ThisLadyHunts]

Thank you Ma'am, can you pour me one of your stout drinks now please?

Doubt I’ll be mixing anything tonight. My day is not over yet and, by the time I get home, I’m going to tumble face-down into bed. Next time?

[GarGuy]

Doubt I’ll be mixing anything tonight. My day is not over yet and, by the time I get home, I’m going to tumble face-down into bed. Next time?

Face down... that dog bite.... never mind.



Sucks the ranchers lost so many cattle.. the total wildlife loss must be huge.

[.243 WSSM]

Doubt I’ll be mixing anything tonight. My day is not over yet and, by the time I get home, I’m going to tumble face-down into bed. Next time?

Sure, that will work. Nite-nite, dont let the dogs bite 😎