Quickdraw Farm
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My Mother's best friend is Beth. Beth has 160 acres of fenced and cross fenced pasture within 2 miles of my place. The pasture has been rented for 8 years by an older gentleman (90 years old) who is my friend. He never applies lime or fertilizer and never does any fence maintenance. He has 80 head of aged, charolais mama cows, one bull, and a few calves on the pasture. Recently his cows have been getting out, due to a tree falling across the fence, and wondering just across the highway onto the campus of our local elementary school. Several people have posted pictures on Facebook of the escaped cattle grazing on the playground and track at the school. This aggravated Beth (the owner of the pasture). After my wife texted me pictures of the cows on the school campus I called the owner of the cattle and told him I would fix the fence for him at no charge because he is my friend, I just need the combination to the lock on the gate so I can get in. He said "I'll take care of it". I told him to let me know if he changed his mind. It was clear to me he didn't want my help. After two weeks of the cows going back and forth across the highway, wondering around on the school campus, and so forth, and several more Facebook posts, Beth called me and told me she had informed the owner of the cattle that she wanted the cows moved, and she wants to rent the pasture to me. She said I could fix the fence for the first year's rent and the price per year for each following year is VERY attractive. Having retained 80 heifers from my 2015 calf crop, this was a great deal for me, so I took it. Now, the owner of the charolais cattle and previous renter of the pasture is telling people in our community I snatched the pasture out from under him. This is NOT true. Beth has tried to lease me the pasture a couple of times before but I politely refrained because Bruce, the elderly gentleman, is my friend and I didn't want to do him wrong. But I do feel bad that he feels hard at me. Just sharing a story, that's all. Hopefully he won't stay mad at me forever. Thanks for reading.