National Ag Day: Growing a climate for tomorrow

“Growing a Climate for Tomorrow” can mean different things to different people.  For farmers and ranchers, it means growing food to feed their families, people in the urban areas as well as those in other countries.  Many of the farmers and ranchers growing food are doing so on land that has been in their family for several generations.
When you’ve worked the land for decades you have to learn a lot about your piece of ground.  This is particularly true here in Wyoming.  Climate and weather conditions can vary a lot from one part of your ranch or farm to another.  In areas where livestock are raised on our high plains or deserts and then move to our high mountains, these farmers and ranchers have learned that nature can vary from one year to the next. They have also learned conditions will vary greatly from the desert regions to the mountain regions.