Producer selling, culling cows and sheep in Bowman County, North Dakota
6/23/2017 5:26:06 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Bowman County, ND
Start Date: 3/1/2017
- End Date: 10/2/2017
We are a family-run operation. This is the third year of drought in a row. All hay has been fed up, grass doesn't recover after being grazed, the dams are dried up or stale. This has caused us to sell and cull the cows and sheep. We run roughly 550 cows, 350 sheep, and around 40 sows. Last year we put up CRP hay 100 miles away to come up with some hay. This year it's looking like we will have to travel farther and that's only if it's opened up early to get some hay that isn't totally dried up. The crops are 0-6 inches high and headed out so they aren't an option.
From Bowman County, North Dakota, on June 22, 2017
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Producer selling, culling cows and sheep in Bowman County, North Dakota.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
