More than 15,000 acres of farm and ranchland have burned across a Western Corn Belt state with farmers and ranchers facing more risks of wildfires this week.
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says there have been more than three fires burning across the Cornhusker state since Tuesday afternoon impacting at least six counties.
Sandhills rancher Barb Cooksley tells Brownfield conditions sparked a blaze on her ranch Wednesday morning. “Dry humidity and high winds, and we don’t have very much green up in the hills yet and we’re primarily a warm season grass with this native range.”
She says the cattle herd is healthy but lost about 100 acres of grass in Custer County.
