Assistance for Rancher

Wet spring storms are producing life threatening situations for livestock across the entire state Many producers are struggling to get to their livestock and in many cases feed supplies are short Ranchers needing emergency assistance or emergency help should contact their local county extension office Producers should also report any animal losses from the flood or recent blizzards State Deputy Veternarian Beth Carlson says they have been getting some reports Carlson says most of the reports are coming from the andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t linton-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Lintonandamp lt aandamp gt area in andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t emmons-county-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Emmons Countyandamp lt aandamp gt where massive flooding occurred Beth Carlson Deputy State Veterinarian andamp quot From some of the intial reports that we had gotten when we heard alot of rumors about livestock losses we were actually kinda surprised that we didn t recieve more reports Most of the reports we have gotten from extension agents have been a slight increase or a moderate increase in baby calf death but as far as adult cattle losses there weren t a large number There were a few cases where the losses were fairly severe or really bad but only a few andamp quot All assistance must start at the county level For a list of county extension offices you can visit ag andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t ndsuandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt NDSUandamp lt aandamp gt nodak edu ctyweb htm