One Million Acre Firestorm in Midwest USA

[biglentil]

Anyone hear about it?

[farming101]

Very bad. By comparison Ft McMurray fires totaled about 1.5 million acres

[Ache4Acres]

Sounds very dry in Oklahoma and Midwest..Battling bLaze for 5 days now.

[Blaithin]

The photos are awful. Tonnes of cattle lost as well as burnt but still alive. People have lost lives trying to get animals out.

It's amazing to me that it really hasn't been in any news.

[Oliver88]

I did read a young couple in Texas lost their lives in this tragic event.


Rural US and Canada don't get a lot of nationwide network coverage unfortunately.
If this was near Hollywood or NYC there would be non-stop coverage.

[WiltonRanch]

Sad looking state. Cows wandering around with all their hair burnt off. Calves with no moms. Young people lost trying to get their cattle to safety and people think we don't care for our animals.

[sumdumguy]

Anyone here about it?

Anyone hear about it?

[Ache4Acres]

http://www.cattlenetwork.com/news/industry/livestock-losses-mount-after-wildfires

[Guest]

The photos are awful. Tonnes of cattle lost as well as burnt but still alive. People have lost lives trying to get animals out.

It's amazing to me that it really hasn't been in any news.

well, it's because it's not about Kim kardashian , Donald trump or whose speaking or not speaking to who in hollywood. msm is a JOKE

[Braveheart]

Good Morning America covered it earlier this week, and for a few days. The young Texas couple, just married, lost trying to save their cattle. It was a very sad story.

[Braveheart]

Part of the issue was that last years rain made so much grass grow that was left over winter. Then wind, dry conditions, and fire danger became severe.

[Braveheart]

Haven't heard how much winter wheat was affected though.

[furrowtickler]

Seen some pictures and stories on Agriculture.com sad situation.
MSM don't care about mid America Hicks
Only about Hollywood and throw mud at Trimp 24/7 -
It is also very chilly down there this morning on a wheat crop out of dormancy - but that never seems to matter either

[SASKFARMER3]

Furrow you hit the nail on the head. Lots at truck stops were pissed at the Media over every day something about trump and yet a young farm family is dead and the media doesn't care. Useless celebrities and media only care about them selves not about real life and real people.

ITs fracking dry down their and even the huge tornado cold front only produced min amounts of rain and wow is it windy most days.