Blistering Drought Ravages Plains States

Story at: http://snipurl.com/vnt0

Excerpts:

"MITCHELL, S.D. ? With parts of South Dakota at its epicenter, a severe
drought has slowly sizzled a large swath of the Plains States, leaving
farmers and ranchers with conditions that they compare to those of the Dust
Bowl of the 1930?s.

"The drought has led to rare and desperate measures. Shrunken sunflower
plants, normally valuable for seeds and oil, are being used as a makeshift
feed for livestock. Despite soaring fuel costs, some cattle owners are
hauling herds hundreds of miles to healthier feedlots. And many ranchers are
pouring water into ?dugouts? ? natural watering holes ? because so many of
them (up to 90 percent in South Dakota, by one reliable estimate) have gone
dry."
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