Drought Drying Up High Plains Feedyards

High Plains Public Radio | By Cindee Talley

Published August 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM CDT

Crops aren’t the only things struggling to survive on the High Plains- area feedyards are too. Yards are reducing the number of cattle, up for sale, and some are closed. The Wall Street Journal provides a photo documentary.

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