we with these bails of hay out a couple of days ago, and they are already gone. they are $100 a piece. wade is a fourth generation cattle rancher, he says that this ranch field should be covered in lush green get as a foot high. now it is a sea of brown dust, the remaining grass crunches under your feet. we talked under the shade of an oak tree, as he explained that he might have to some more of his cows. you get emotional thinking about the possibility? yeah, i don t want to do it, you don t want to sell. most of these cattle all of these cattle we raised from babies. if we have to get rid of all of them, it is painful. this part of texas is usually gets 20 to 24 inches of rain each year, and has received just four inches so far this year.
today. he says he also usually sells 4,000 to 6,000 bales of hay every year to cattle ranchers but this year the ground is so dry he s only done about 300. i feel for a lot of people, people they ve been doing this for years and years and now they don t have anything to hold on to. you know, they re having to let go. we put these bales of hay out a couple of days ago and they re already gone and they re $100 apiece. reporter: wade is a fourth generation cattle rancher on this land. he says this ranch field should be covered in lush green grass a foot high, now it s a sea of hard scrabbled brown dust, the remaining burnt grass crunches under your feet. we talked under the shade of an oak tree as he explained it might have to sell more of his cows. do you get emotional thinking about that possibility? oh, yeah. you don t want to do it. you don t want to sell them. you know, most of these cattle well, all of these cattle we raised, we raised them
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