An economist from the American Farm Bureau says the on-going drought in the Western U.S. is having financial impacts on producers nation-wide.
Danny Munch tells Brownfield AFBF conducted a survey to see how prevalent crop, livestock and water issues were. “Eighty-five percent of respondents rated selling off portions of their herd or flock as prevalent or higher. Eighty-seven percent of respondents say increase in feed costs are higher. Seventy-six percent were saying they were traveling long distance to acquire feed or forage.”
Munch says the group surveyed members in a 13-state region including the Dakotas.
