A guy I used to run with

[Willowbilly3]

An old friend. He had a really nice silver 69 442, 4 speed back in the day. One of the many ranchers hit hard in the last snowstorm.
http://www.agweek.com/event/image/id/2582/headline/Richard Papousek/

 

[26Troadster]

that is sad, and they are already hurting. i hope he recovers.

 

[Snake Farm]

Wow, that is brutal! I don't see how farmers make it sometimes.......sad fact is, sometimes they don't. My grandfather farmed most of his life and he always said you have to do it for the love of it cause there's no money in it. He used to say "if you can afford to farm you have no business farming"

It's kinda like the TV reporter interviewing the farmer who had just won 50 million dollars in the lottery. When she asked him what he planned to do with his winnings he thought for a moment and replied......"I guess I'll probably keep on farming till it's gone"

Hope your friend pulls through to build back his herd.

 

[Sam_Fear]

That's a lot of money gone. Any insurance to be claimed? How much of his heard is left?


Cool 'stache.

 

[Willowbilly3]

I think he lost about 1/3 of his total herd. He does have insurance according to the article but the insurance companys are all dragging their feet, trying to find a way to weasel out. Sounds like Richard was going to have to lawyer up to have any hope of getting the scoundrels to pay. It's a cause of death thing. Most of the cows appear to have drowned. But some vets say the lungs will have fluid after death anyway.
What made this storm unique is that none of the ranchers had moved out of the summer pastures yet so the cows weren't in the winter sheltered areas. Plus they hadn't weaned so the calf died, plus the calf that was in the cow. And insurance doesn't pay for calves anyway. So they lost this years calf, the cow, and next years calf.
I imsagine before it's over the Stock Growers or some other big organization will have to push the state government to make some sort of declaration the insurance companys will legally have to abide by. It's going to be all the coffee shop talk for a long time I imagine.

 

[Z.Z.Rat]

Sure feel for your friend. We are farmers also & have experianced many good times / tough times over the years. Many instances it takes years to recover.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Wow.....being a city slicker,

I would never have thought that they would wonder off.....figured if it snowed bad they would hunker down and wait all together....never figured they'd wonder off and fall off a cliff....guess no matter what business you're in, there is some way or the other to get slammed and or put out of business....feel bad for anyone that takes a hit like that.....