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BOWMAN, N.D. - Farmers and ranchers in the southwestern part of the state are feeling the effects of the drought perhaps more than others. Andrew Horn tells us how the federal government and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., are trying to help.
The dry crunching of your crop is never a sound a farmer wants to hear.
Wendy Bartholomay with the USDA office in Bowman walked around area farms describing what the drought has done to Bowman and Slope County land the past two years.
"What we have here is the remnants of a fire that ignited while haying the area," said Bartholomay.
The state's drought has killed or stunted the vast majority of crops in the southwestern part of the state. When Senator Heidi Heitkamp came to town, farmers and ranchers packed the Bowman Livestock Auction to hear how the government plans to help those most affected.
"The concern I have is that they are going to sit on their hind hands for two weeks thinking it doesn't matter when those two weeks can be critical to a rancher," sadi Heitkamp.
BOWMAN, N.D. - Farmers and ranchers in the southwestern part of the state are feeling the effects of the drought perhaps more than others. Andrew Horn tells us how the federal government and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., are trying to help.
The dry crunching of your crop is never a sound a farmer wants to hear.
Wendy Bartholomay with the USDA office in Bowman walked around area farms describing what the drought has done to Bowman and Slope County land the past two years.
"What we have here is the remnants of a fire that ignited while haying the area," said Bartholomay.
The state's drought has killed or stunted the vast majority of crops in the southwestern part of the state. When Senator Heidi Heitkamp came to town, farmers and ranchers packed the Bowman Livestock Auction to hear how the government plans to help those most affected.
"The concern I have is that they are going to sit on their hind hands for two weeks thinking it doesn't matter when those two weeks can be critical to a rancher," sadi Heitkamp.