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South Dakota ranchers reel after 'catastrophic' storm leaves up to 100,000 cattle dead
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Published October 11, 2013
FoxNews.com
Ranchers in South Dakota fear they may lose everything after a freak storm dumped up four feet of snow in parts of the state last week, killing as many as 100,000 cattle.
Matt Kammerer, a 45-year-old rancher whose family has operated in South Dakota?s Meade County since 1882, told FoxNews.com that he lost 60 cattle in the storm, or one-third of his entire herd.
?You?re talking about $120,000 of assets that are just gone,? Kammerer said Friday by phone. ?And we still owe the banks, too. It?s like driving a brand-new pickup off a cliff and still having to make payments...?
South Dakota ranchers reel after 'catastrophic' storm leaves up to 100,000 cattle dead
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Published October 11, 2013
FoxNews.com
Ranchers in South Dakota fear they may lose everything after a freak storm dumped up four feet of snow in parts of the state last week, killing as many as 100,000 cattle.
Matt Kammerer, a 45-year-old rancher whose family has operated in South Dakota?s Meade County since 1882, told FoxNews.com that he lost 60 cattle in the storm, or one-third of his entire herd.
?You?re talking about $120,000 of assets that are just gone,? Kammerer said Friday by phone. ?And we still owe the banks, too. It?s like driving a brand-new pickup off a cliff and still having to make payments...?