Across Montana’s northern border and east into North Dakota, farms are turning out less wheat than last year, much of it poorer quality than normal. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cows graze in a field in Killdeer, North Dakota. Partly as a result of the drought, Montana is also dealing with one of its worst wildfire seasons on record. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rick Kirn, a Montana wheat farmer. In North Dakota and eastern Montana, local hay-distribution programs are helping to ease the burden for those whose crops didn’t materialize.

Source: The Guardian September 07, 2017 12:00 UTC