Drought-stricken Wyo. ranchers look to ND pastures

Published June 26, 2012 5:03pm ET



BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Drought-stricken cattle ranchers in Wyoming are looking to surrounding states for grazing land, and their best bet might be North Dakota, where farmers this year have been luckier than their neighbors.

While large areas of Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota are in drought, or at least abnormally dry, that’s not the case in North Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports about two-thirds of North Dakota’s pasture and range land is in good-to-excellent shape. In comparison, less than half of South Dakota’s pasture and rangeland is doing that well.

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