BOWMAN, N.D. – Farmers and ranchers in the southwestern part of the state are feeling the effects of the drought perhaps more than others.
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.
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.
Payco: Some of these farmers and ranchers will have gone broke, their loans will be called in before any government assistance comes their way to keep them afloat.
Wendy: As you can see the vegetation is crunchy, the soil is completely dried out.
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.
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.
Payco: Some of these farmers and ranchers will have gone broke, their loans will be called in before any government assistance comes their way to keep them afloat.