On our trip through New Mexico we saw a large amount of Holsteins cows. We did not see any facilities for milking, so they were either to young to breed for milk cows or the were to old to produce sufficient to
keep in the herd. We did see one sign that indicated it was a feed lot operation, so I would assume they were being fed making them ready for market. It looks like several thousand head as you can see in the attached photos.

There were huge fields of grass and alfalfa that they cut for hay and lots of large bales of hay stored for future use. It would take several tons of hay to feed this many animals.

We are still at the fair grounds in Odessa, TX. A beautiful day, near 80 degrees with a light wind. They are predicting a cool spell tomorrow and Saturday with a high of about 60 degrees. So it goes here as well as other parts of the country in the spring. We will dump our holding tanks in the morning and take on fresh water as it will be a while before we will have the opportunity to do it again. We are good for at least 10 days, maybe more if we are careful.

We only have a short drive to Midland and then set up tomorrow afternoon for the hamfest on Saturday. We will spend the night at the site and leave on Sunday am.