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08-03-2008, 09:43 PM
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Raising your own hay can be expensive and labor-intensive. You'll need at least 1o acres of grass PER HORSE for a year's worth of hay, and then you'll need a big enough barn to store it! You'll also have to pay for mowing, fertilizing and baling, and you'd be wise to have an irrigated hay pasture for when we have droughts! Honestly, for the price range you're looking for, and the fact that you'll be retired folks, I would opt for a smaller place and buying hay.
There are a LOT of nice places out there in that price range. Honestly, you need to look in Hunt County, too. My parents live there, and there are a LOT of NICE horse places out there that do not have the black clay soil! Rockwall and Greenville both have the conveniences of modern civilization within a short drive.
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08-03-2008, 09:45 PM
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just a comment:
when you are fracing a well, you are pumping water INTO the ground, not taking water out.
you're pumping water into the ground so you can increase the pressure and force the oil out.
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08-04-2008, 07:28 AM
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yessir, unexpected! thank you!
...only issue is where to they get the 1,000,000 gals of water first to inject to frac? the drillers have to get it "somewhere." I would hate to think all this "frac" water is causing serious draw-down to rural area wells.
we have seen a lot of problems developing in areas like Erath County, which has a lot of dairy production, so they are very concerned about water issues: "taking out + putting-back-in."
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08-04-2008, 08:33 PM
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Thank you, Christie!
Hunt County and Greenville seem pretty nice!
we'll give it a look-see!
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08-05-2008, 10:24 AM
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Most oil wells are drilled at depths of 2000 - 5000 meters. That's basically a mile or two into the ground.
They get water from other oil wells. Well oil wells produce, they produce a mixture of water/oil/gas. They separate the water from its contents and redirect the water on its way towards another area that needs them.
I'm not familiar with farming, but i would speculate that water wells are not that far deep into the ground. My "Little House on the Prairie" image is a water well is between 100 - 300 ft deep.
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10-09-2008, 10:20 AM
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Aubrey is horse capital. I would look in Aubrey for your horse ranch.
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