NEBRASKA FACING A HARD CHOICE: TO ABANDON CASH CROPS OR COWS
Bob Roberts used to think the droughts of the Great Depression were the benchmark for tough times. Now he and other old-timers in Scottsbluff, Neb., a small farming community near the Wyoming border, are talking about the scant 2.16 in. of rain that has fallen this year--30% less than what fell during the worst of the 1930s drought years and more than 80% below normal. When it comes to water, local farmers are living through their greatest depression yet.
Driving his Ford Explorer through fields of severely stunted corn, Roberts,...
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