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Published February 03, 2011, 08:00 AM

Goehring: Ranchers should prepare for flooding

BISMARCK (AP) — Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging North Dakota ranchers to start preparing for spring flooding.

BISMARCK (AP) — Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging North Dakota ranchers to start preparing for spring flooding.

National Weather Service outlooks show a good chance of flooding in much of the state. Goehring said ranchers need to be prepared to move animals and feed quickly.

Goehring said valuable lessons were learned during the winter and spring of 2008-09, when more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, horses and bison were lost to blizzards and flooding. He said areas that had rarely seen flooding were inundated.

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