How Texas Ranchers Are Fighting a Long-Eradicated Cattle Killer
The New World screwworm has prompted cattlemen to use drones and step up inspections to protect herds. The USDA is renewing its sterile-fly production. Source link
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Isolated Nebraska ranchers learn they are not alone
In the sandhills of western Nebraska, cattle ranchers Mike and Kayla Wintz were afraid they would lose their livelihood when the largest wildfire in the state’s history burned their 11,000 acres of grazing fields. But then, in remarkable examples of empathy, charity and grace, anonymous donations of hay started arriving by the truckload. Steve Hartman … Read more
Donors pitch in to help Nebraska ranchers who lost everything
The largest wildfire in Nebraska history burned about a thousand square miles of ranchland, including the Wintz’s entire 11,000-acre ranch. When they and others faced the threat of losing their livelihoods, thousands of anonymous donors stepped up from across the U.S. Source link