Drought in High Plains the worst some farmers have ever seen

[jpak]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/drought-high-plains-worst-farmers-48656344

Drought in North Dakota is laying waste to fields of normally bountiful food and hay crops and searing pastures that typically would be home to multitudes of grazing cattle.

Some longtime farmers and ranchers say it's the worst conditions they've seen in decades — possibly their lifetimes — and simple survival has become their goal as a dry summer drags on without a raincloud in sight.

"We've never been in this sort of boat, honestly," said Dawn Martin, who raises beef cattle with her parents and husband in the southwestern part of the state, an area the U.S. Drought Monitor says is in "extreme" drought.

"We're just trying to make it through and work it out," she said. "There are a lot of people in the same boat. I don't know what the answer is."

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[Moostache]

1. Hmm...wonder if they still think its a Chinese hoax?

Keep voting for people that do not care about you, your future or your very lives....see how that turns out for you, you goddamn rubes in North Dakota that buy ANYTHING, as long as it carries the magic suffix "R"...

[SHRED]

2. All those that voted for tRump

They aren't going to take any government compensation their losses...correct?

I mean with all that bootstrap pulling they do.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. They're probably Libertarians. Of couse they're going to plug into as much gubmint shit as they can!

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I've never met a Libertarian who hasn't plugged into one or more government programs.

They have a weird mentality, which comes with being self-affecting fucks. They view any programs that they can get as warranted and justified, however, any program that they can't take advantage of is viewed as a tax--somehow coming out of their pockets.

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4. Drought Monitor map...

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/RegionalDroughtMonitor.aspx?high_plains

[hatrack]

5. XIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!