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Published January 18, 2010, 08:59 AM

Feed not a problem for N.D. ranchers this winter

With mounting snow and spells of subzero temperatures, this winter in North Dakota is reminiscent of last year. For ranchers, though, there is one big difference — feed is plentiful.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — With mounting snow and spells of subzero temperatures, this winter in North Dakota is reminiscent of last year. For ranchers, though, there is one big difference — feed is plentiful.

John Dhuyvetter (DOO'-vet-uhr), a livestock specialist with the North Central Research Extension Center south of Minot, says last year a lot of hay was trapped out in the fields. He says ranchers learned their lesson, of most of them got their hay stacked this year before heavy snow fell.

Rural Sawyer rancher Larry Widdel says he got his final bales stacked on Dec. 23 — the day before a blizzard dumped two feet of snow.

An Agriculture Department report earlier this month said hay and forage supplies in the state were mostly adequate, and the condition of the state's cattle was mostly good or excellent.

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