Panhandle feeling left out to dry
Wheat farmers and cattle ranchers in the western Panhandle are prodding state government to notice their plight as a yearlong drought, labeled "extreme” by forecasters, has forced farmers to sell off cattle, bemoan failed crops and hope for rain.
"This area is starting to look like the Sahara Desert ,” said Ann Boyd , a 76-year-old rancher in Cimarron County , at the western edge of the Panhandle. "There's just ...
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