Pete Ferrell

I knew I couldn't keep working like that. And so when the wind farm came, I let go of all the extra leased ground because I didn't need to work that hard. I didn't want to work that hard. And so it just came back to the core of the ranch. And so between my livestock operation and the wind farm, man, I could sleep at night.

Um, we've not discovered that. Um, Regarding the access roads, it actually – and I didn't see this one coming, Tanner. We actually rut – imagine, I mean, one of the things we don't want to do is rut our pastures when we go out to feed. We've got livestock everywhere. And so imagine, I mean, we can now get to more areas of the ranch –

Um, we've not discovered that. Um, Regarding the access roads, it actually – and I didn't see this one coming, Tanner. We actually rut – imagine, I mean, one of the things we don't want to do is rut our pastures when we go out to feed. We've got livestock everywhere. And so imagine, I mean, we can now get to more areas of the ranch –

Um, we've not discovered that. Um, Regarding the access roads, it actually – and I didn't see this one coming, Tanner. We actually rut – imagine, I mean, one of the things we don't want to do is rut our pastures when we go out to feed. We've got livestock everywhere. And so imagine, I mean, we can now get to more areas of the ranch –

without rutting the pastures so we can go out there on the service road, get to the livestock, feed them, get back on the service road. And so it's been a net plus for us, you know, in ranching at least. I know that wouldn't be a positive in farming, but for us, that was a big deal. The other thing we do here also is that this is a burn culture.

without rutting the pastures so we can go out there on the service road, get to the livestock, feed them, get back on the service road. And so it's been a net plus for us, you know, in ranching at least. I know that wouldn't be a positive in farming, but for us, that was a big deal. The other thing we do here also is that this is a burn culture.

without rutting the pastures so we can go out there on the service road, get to the livestock, feed them, get back on the service road. And so it's been a net plus for us, you know, in ranching at least. I know that wouldn't be a positive in farming, but for us, that was a big deal. The other thing we do here also is that this is a burn culture.

The native, the tallgrass prairie is typically burned, you know, every two to three years. And so, you know, we do tell them if we're going to burn it because there's an area around the turbines of about, you know, probably 20, maybe 20, 30 foot radius where they got clean gravel and it can't burn right up to the base of the turbine.

The native, the tallgrass prairie is typically burned, you know, every two to three years. And so, you know, we do tell them if we're going to burn it because there's an area around the turbines of about, you know, probably 20, maybe 20, 30 foot radius where they got clean gravel and it can't burn right up to the base of the turbine.

The native, the tallgrass prairie is typically burned, you know, every two to three years. And so, you know, we do tell them if we're going to burn it because there's an area around the turbines of about, you know, probably 20, maybe 20, 30 foot radius where they got clean gravel and it can't burn right up to the base of the turbine.

It's not an issue, but we also have wildfires occasionally that are not intentional. And of course, everybody has to scramble when that happens. But there's been basically no impairment. Well, let me back up. Certainly during construction, it was pretty chaotic. So I don't want to lie about that. It's unbelievable to me. They built this wind farm in six months flat.

It's not an issue, but we also have wildfires occasionally that are not intentional. And of course, everybody has to scramble when that happens. But there's been basically no impairment. Well, let me back up. Certainly during construction, it was pretty chaotic. So I don't want to lie about that. It's unbelievable to me. They built this wind farm in six months flat.

It's not an issue, but we also have wildfires occasionally that are not intentional. And of course, everybody has to scramble when that happens. But there's been basically no impairment. Well, let me back up. Certainly during construction, it was pretty chaotic. So I don't want to lie about that. It's unbelievable to me. They built this wind farm in six months flat.

They broke ground in May and they were done by the end of November. But during that time, I mean, this ranch employs... two people, maybe two and a half full-time equivalents. And so we're out here pretty much alone. But during that time, we had 200 workmen on the ranch every day. They, um, And it was it was a challenge to work around all of that during construction.

They broke ground in May and they were done by the end of November. But during that time, I mean, this ranch employs... two people, maybe two and a half full-time equivalents. And so we're out here pretty much alone. But during that time, we had 200 workmen on the ranch every day. They, um, And it was it was a challenge to work around all of that during construction.

They broke ground in May and they were done by the end of November. But during that time, I mean, this ranch employs... two people, maybe two and a half full-time equivalents. And so we're out here pretty much alone. But during that time, we had 200 workmen on the ranch every day. They, um, And it was it was a challenge to work around all of that during construction.

But then once construction was over again, we go back to their employees, our employees. It was a good mix. But so that was probably the greatest inconvenience we had. We use stock dogs a lot, and I didn't know this, but John Wagner uses stock dogs way more than I did.

But then once construction was over again, we go back to their employees, our employees. It was a good mix. But so that was probably the greatest inconvenience we had. We use stock dogs a lot, and I didn't know this, but John Wagner uses stock dogs way more than I did.

But then once construction was over again, we go back to their employees, our employees. It was a good mix. But so that was probably the greatest inconvenience we had. We use stock dogs a lot, and I didn't know this, but John Wagner uses stock dogs way more than I did.

And he notices that when they're in the turban area, the dogs may get a little confused because they're probably hearing a high-pitched whine that we can't. He says they're not quite as responsive. So there's that. But in terms of livestock behavior around the turbines, we don't see anything. They don't seem to be disturbed whatsoever by the presence of the turbines.