Category: Drought
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Selling Cows
No, I'm not selling any but this story caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=8C8FA7B8-9ADA-A678-0C44A128A5ED56C7">Herd liquidation continues in South Dakota</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Herd liquidation continues in South Dakota as the drought drags on. That’s according to Myron Williams, president of the Black Hills chapter of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association.<br />n<br />nWilliams says herd liquidation is especially…
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Drought
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/21/news/state/65-drought.txt">Report: Drought waning in state</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Montana appears to be emerging from its seven-year drought, with average to above-average mountain snowpack and widespread spring rain leading experts to issue the best water supply outlook since 1997.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI would have to agree with this one. We had decent moisture last year and it is…
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Melting
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/drip12232005?full=1'><img width='250' height='172' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/drip12232005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nThe warm weather really has us melting off the snow and ice. This picture was from earlier but it feels the same now. These warm temperatures are weird. I am not complaining right now. It makes it easier on the cattle and they don't eat…
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Drought News
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/12/build/state/30-drought.inc">Is Montana in drought? Hard to say</a><br />n<br />nThere is an easy answer to this question, long term the State is still in a drought. That's not hard to say at all. The article talks about the rains drying up but July is a fairly dry month normally and August is our driest month…
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Humor
Sometimes I think people take life too seriously and don't see the humor in things. This really gave me a chuckle.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/06/28/build/state/38-drought.inc">Report: Drought not gone, but could be rained out</a><br />n<br />nThe funny thing is that it's so true. What do they say, the truth is stranger than fiction, this fits it. While…
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Wow, Deja Vu
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/australia_drought_suicide_dc">Drought casts suicide shadow over rural Australia</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Every day I look outside and I say to myself: 'I get so sick to death of blue sky'," wrote farmer Mick in a recent book, "Tough Times," in which 10 country men talk about their fight with depression and thoughts of suicide.<br />n<br />n"I just…
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Rain Dance
While there is enough moisture this year for me, I always worry about the drought and what next year will bring. If next year is dry I will have to remember this.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050607/ap_on_fe_st/nepal_naked_dance">Women Dance Naked in Nepal for Rain</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"People in this area believe the (Hindu god) Mahadev will be happy and…
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Handout
I see according to <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/1581/">Courtney Lowery</a> the lowered water tables in wells, low spring flows, and extremely dry timber doesn't a drought make. Nope dumb ranchers aren't still dealing with drought affects at all. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>we can't help but wonder if some folks are hanging on to the "drought" designation because if that…