date:Aug 04, 2012
rought. When severe heat and a lack of rain scorches the land that ranchers use to graze cattle, sheep, goats and other animals or produce hay, they are often forced to look for other, more expensive, sources of feed or slaughter the animals early.
Often livestock die on the farm from severe drought, and the bill passed Thursday by the House would also have partially compensated ranchers for those losses. If cattle, chickens, turkeys, pigs or sheep die during a drought like the one gripping most