Wow, talk about devastation. How horrible! I know my mom in the SE NM mountains had a rough year and her acreage looks like yours on where she didn't water.. even all her cacti died too. No snow all winter, no rain until this September.. bad bad bad.
Let's hope for a nice wet winter for you.. that'll help! A slow steady drizzle for a couple of weeks, not flash floods or anything. And I thought I'd had it bad here in the Denver metro w/only like 10.5" of rain for the year.. we usually get 4x that just in snow!
What gets my goat and strangles it is the price of beef. You'd think that with all the farmers such as yourself selling off your herds because of the lack of rainfall/feed that beef would go down. No such luck.. the cheapest hamburger in my area is still going for $2.89/lb (73%). What gives? That's why beef is a rare treat in my household.. steaks are too expensive!
