11 Dec 2024 1:12 pm
I just don't get it, I really don't. Why even try to raise cattle in a desert when there's nothing but lush, wet cattle land in 80% of Florida, 95% of Mississippi, most of South Georgia and South Alabama, Middle and Northern Louisiana, Middle North Carolina and most of South Carolina? Heck, there's so much land in the East that could be used for raising cattle - and most of those crazy Californians don't even eat meat!!impartialobserver » 11 Dec 2024, 1:53 pm » wrote: ↑ CA needs to undergo a massive reckoning when it comes to water rights. They have a lot of folks who have water rights that are based on "back of the envelope" contracts. These date from the early 1900's and at that time, there was such abundance of water that no one cared. The population was nowhere near what it is today there. These very informal contracts (and frequently not legally binding) need to be challenged. This is not to say that the liberal cities need the water but it is simply inefficient to have farmer X be entitled to 100 units (just for simple math) when it is very clear that they only need 40.
Beef is expensive. Pork is cheap. Besides, anyone can hunt pigs any day of the week without a hunting license - they are a pest-animal.