Last Saturday, I went up to Louie’s Place in La Grange to meet Todd Sill. Sill had been trying to explain irrigation on the AB La Grange Ranch when a tall cowboy showed up. Sill, himself a top hand, said the cowboy knew a lot about irrigation.
The AB Ranch has been a flashpoint for controversy since Larry Byrd was accused of using Modesto Irrigation District (MID) surface water out of district boundaries on July 8. Byrd sits on the MID Board of Directors. He’s partners on the AB with his brother Tim and Ty Angle.
After the tall cowboy sat down and ordered the prime rib sandwich, he said that you could read a lot about a ranch from its irrigation system…