It’s more than cattle, hay: what producers carry forward
Like many Lampasas County ranchers have experienced with their pastures, this local cow-calf operation has had much of its forage under water due to exponential amounts of rain this month. joycesarah mccabe | dispa tch record
joycesarah mccabe | dispatch record Recent floodwaters that roared through Lampasas County took out water gaps and washed away roads. Here, water rushes across cattle pastures and engulfs all trees in its path.
After unusually wet springs two years in a row, ranchers and hay producers across Lampasas County are both relieved and watchful.
The abundant rainfall has revived pastures and replenished stock tanks, but with the gift of rain comes a host of challenges—some familiar, others newly emerging. As climate patterns continue to swing unpredictably across Central Texas, producers find themselves navigati…
