Tagged: Wyoming Ranchers

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3:58 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Drought Forces Wyoming Ranchers to Sell-Off Cattle in Record Numbers

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Thanks to light snowpack and a dry spring, Wyoming is in the midst of a severe drought. Such dry conditions mean that much of the grass that covers Wyoming’s open spaces isn’t growing. Wyoming Public Radio’s Madison Williams reports that’s bad news for the state’s cattle ranchers, who depend on the grass to feed their livestock.

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