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How does a drought effect the farmers who raise cattle?

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There is not enough feed to collect for winter nor enough pasture for the cattle to graze on. So either the farmers and ranchers have to buy feed from other sources for the winter, or cull out their herd to meet the amount of feed they have collected over the summer, or both. Often the feed is lower quality when drought has gone through, so even more costs has to be delved out for more supplementation to meet the cows' demands according to what reproductive stage they are in. Calves may have to be weaned earlier as well to allow the cows to catch up on condition lost over the winter.

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