David Barhydt Nevada County rancher
We’re irrigating and still trying to clean up damage from the windstorms. We had lots of trees fall. We’re making sure fences are secure, cleaning ditches, fixing sprinklers, shipping calves and moving cows to other pastures. It’s a pretty busy time for us. We have hand-line sprinklers here at home. At our other ranch, we flood irrigate most of it with flood valves, and we do a little bit of sprinkling. Because it was so dry this spring, we’re a little bit behind in grass growth. We’ve been irrigating since around April 10. The grass growth we have right now we should have had April 1. In retrospect, we’re way better off this year than last year up here in Nevada County. The moisture we did have was kind of last minute, but it really made a big difference because it came just before we started to irrigate, so we had a little bit of ground moisture. I have a lot of recovery ditches that pick up water when we irrigate, so we can retribute (the water). Last year, I couldn’t use those ditches until July because the ground was so dry; it just soaked (the water) up. With that part, we’re in better shape this year than last year. We’re really fortunate here in Nevada County. Our irrigation district is one of the few in the state that has adequate water supplies to last us through the sea- son. Hopefully, we’re not going to get cutbacks, unless the state (water) board does curtailments. I didn’t keep any replacement heifers this year. We’re cutting back a little bit be- cause we have to feed hay in the winter, and hay prices are just outrageous. It’s bad for me, but it’s good for the hay growers.
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