Did anyone else think of this?

Yep!

Never knew that. This is an interesting read.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html

You'll regret that next to last sentence you wrote.

I stand corrected on being native, I own and operate 26 sections north of Dumas, I grew up on 100 sections, we also owned feedlot and grain elevator…

No way I’m shredding any of my range land or doing aerial spraying pasture/fence lines for tumble weeds, A) tear up a shredder B) not economically feasible as far as ROI.

Try again I’m 5th generation rancher/farm operator…

Especially since I still remember hearing stories about family eating them during dust bowl. We are in the heart of the dust bowl

Told ya so.

We sprayed 270 acres a few years back that knocked them back.

Lived in this area 30 years and doesn’t understand the agronomics of farming it either.

Tumbleweeds are an invasive species. So are fire ants. I should not have to spend thousands of dollars eradicating my ranch of fire ants because they will spread to other places. I never wanted them either.

My apologies. I just saw the metroplex on your profile and made the assumption and I was wrong.

I will say again though my issue is not with native range or pastures. It is with plowed fields that are let to go to solid tumbleweeds.

"My apologies. I just saw the metroplex on your profile and made the assumption and I was wrong."

Bobo just posing as being from Texas Lite.

Well in your defense, I would have lost badly if I bet on them being native.

I’ve never looked at them other than just part of a slight winter annoyance, and really more annoying when I’m Pheasant hunting, as is grow/collect around backwater irrigation pits, grain silo, pens and fence lines, and bird like the cover, especially when it snows. Deer/
& Cattle will eat them also until they mature.

If I’m resting a dry land or irrigated field, I’m usually trying to rest from herbicide also. From my perspective, they are gone by time we go to prep early spring, if I’m planting fall they will be gone with one pass of the disc. In mean time they are holding soil and not a huge moisture wick. But they are fire liability around structures

I’ve grown found of trees and milder winters in my old age

This morning, I smiled as I realized I’m not out breaking ice on troughs….

Dang, BoBo that's a lot of dirt. Did I miss City of BoBo on the map?

Think larger than city. He's kind of a big deal - ask him.

Ok, COUNTY....... Or TWO.

Is that where you can watch your dog run away for 3 weeks?

Looks like those tumbleweeds are a great candidate for some matches.........

It’s not continuous, it’s spread out. I can count exactly how many trees via both hands. It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s harsh country but fertile soil. Mother Nature either loves you or wants to destroy you. We average 17” a rain a year.

Throttle DOWN. And don’t lift until the road clears or she catches on fire

We're blessed with plenty of rain here. I wanted to move to West Texas or up in the Pan Handle, but just never panned out. I like having neighbors good and stretched out, if possible.

Continuous or not at least it's yours. If I had that much land I would never sleep at night from all the worrying about this and that. It's bad enough here on my little place.

I didn't realize you were so high in elevation. Air a little thin up there, eh?

Yelp high plains. I’m big but not big out there if that makes sense, one of my neighbors is 156+ sections. I lease out and crop sharing so I’m pretty diversified, I don’t have near the liabilities I use too,

Wow some other new info in this thread.

https://foodiegardener.com/tumbleweed-is-edible-spinach-alternative/

https://moabsunnews.com/2014/06/11/tumbleweed-its-whats-for-dinner/

"Tumbleweeds are edible, and are actually quite tasty! It can be cooked in the same way you cook collard greens when it is young! America's cattle were saved from starvation during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s because they ate this invasive thistle."