Drovers Newsletter had a really interesting article this week on one livestock producer’s methods for getting ready to deal with drought. You can find it here. Some of his adaptation methods include having at least a year’s worth of food onsite and keeping cows that could be easily culled in a separate herd so you can move them out quickly. He also uses a series of “trigger” dates to determine what steps he should be taking to manage his herd. Dealing with drought, as with dealing with severe weather events like heat waves, floods and high winds, is best done far ahead of the actual event when you have time to think and put appropriate measures in place.
