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They don't take up alot of water thats why they thrive in the south texas brush because they're drought tolerant like everything else around them.

You couldn’t ask your employee with the excavator to take 5? This video was hard to watch

Lots of money in wood chips there, make some great charcoal!!!

If your a farmer you I can see why you’d take mesquites out . No need to have all them trees in the way

Lots of 'arm chair ranchers " commenting. ;) Wonder how many of them actually own land and cattle??

You are right that driving cattle brought it all North but, like a bison, a cow has multiple stomachs . A horse has one. Horses were reintroduced to North America by the Spaniards , first in Mexico. When a horse eats the beans, every bean survives when passing thru it’s system . It is almost impossible for them to survive thru a cow. That is why the Bison did not bring mesquites North for centuries until the Indians found horses with the Spaniards.

Mesquite don’t use a lot of water. Mesquites are eatable, and all round good trees. This guy is full of it!!

Your killing animals by destroying their habitat

Bad advice. Mesquite is better fodder for cattle than grass and greens are better food for humans than steak.

Lol. You are complaining about mesquite trees. While I want them to grow but can't get them past 4 foot tall. You claim the grass isn't growing because of the mesquite trees. While I don't have grass because there isn't any trees. Oh and because cattle have over grazed the area. Its funny that for years the ground was bare. Now 3 years after cattle stopped being grazed. Grass is starting to grow. Yet the mesquite hasn't changed. They haven't got bigger. I believe you are mistaken about mesquite stealing the water. The real problem is cattle management. Put way too many cattle on the land and you lose your grass. However. Too little can do this also. livestock should never spend years in the same pastures. I'm smack in the middle of a 7500 acre pasture. Which for years was over grazed. If mesquite really was a problem for you. Then you need to remove all the trees. And then brush hog a couple times a year. You are in the hill country. So you get plenty of water. Now if you really want to improve. Sink some wells. Afterall water is less then 100 foot down there. And water your pastures. 100 foot or less is nothing. I have to drill 1500 foot just for bad water. I always find it very funny that hill country complains of water. And worse is swampy pinecone country complaining of water. Until your average precipitation is 4 inches or less. You have lots of water. And hill country get between five to ten times that.

In Texas we have them all over and they don’t even need water to grow so I don’t see how they cut be water hocks, i can’t say the same thing for cedar, they do need allot of water

wow cattles farmers destroy the local ecology, and say It's a good thing.

Maybe you should fix the nitrogen problem in the soil, then they wouldn't grow so much. Nitrogen fixers don't grow well in high nitrogen soil.

I see you haven’t posted any new videos in a while but thanks for sharing! Your channel has a lot of great information!

Anyone have an idea of what this would cost per acre?

LoL

Do you think the encroachment of these trees contributed to the dust bowl?

liar! they do not take up much water in fact they help keep the soil moist by shading it. not only that but they are edible and supper healthy to eat!

Great video! It is true that mesquites have invaded grasslands.

Fool

Awesome video! Thank you for the info. God bless

they steal the water and block the sun, that's it!

Some of the mesquite trees look healthy. I live near near kingsville and all the trees are sick. Wilting since middle of march.

Where are you located?

That’s a tough man wearing felt in the Spring Texas son. 😎 Good job y’all!!!!!