Drought dried up Montana crops, then the grasshoppers came
8/2/2021 6:30:25 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Daniels County, MT
McCone County, MT
Phillips County, MT
Richland County, MT
Roosevelt County, MT
Sheridan County, MT
Valley County, MT
Start Date: 7/28/2021
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These are lean times for northern Montana ranchers in need of feed for their cattle for the coming winter. This drought was the worst in at least 30 years, and on top of that, grasshoppers came and devoured crops, leaving short stems poking out of the ground. The insects even cleaned the leaves off of trees and shrubs.
Billings Gazette (Mont.), July 28, 2021
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