Shepherdess Land & Livestock offers prescribed grazing services with sheep and goats.

Livestock producers were hit so hard by winter weather that the federal government offered relief funding to producers in a few Western states. But some ranchers are still waiting for that option.

“We’re wondering what this next crop year brings,” said Brian Duncan. “But farmers are price takers, and that puts us in a really tough spot.”

“When you’re faced with a disaster, the sun does come up the next day,” says Sam Greenberg of Greenberg Smoked Turkeys.

Those auctions are an important part of the rural economy and the food chain. The people working the auctions are taking safety precautions.

Even as the number of farms in the U.S is decreasing, FFA is growing strong