Unplanted crops, calf die-offs: The reality for Utah farmers and ranchers after snowy winter.
WEBER — Ron Gibson has 500 acres along the Weber River in northern Utah and this year's unprecedented snowfall and rain meant getting less than two-thirds of his fields planted for onions.
Ron Gibson, owner of Gibson’s Green Acres and president of the Utah Farm Bureau, drives a tractor while planting a field with corn in Ogden on Thursday. Gibson, president of the Utah Farm Bureau, said the problem is happening throughout the state, with delayed planting, no planting and calves dying off due to cold temperatures and a March that saw 250% of normal precipitation.
A flooded farm is pictured in this undated handout photo from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. On Thursday, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced it was helping ranchers impacted by extreme flooding along the Bear River. The ranchers are expected to incur additional feed costs of $18,000 to $25,000 per ranch and transportation costs of $2,500 to $5,000 to relocate cattle, according to the agency. Additional costs stem from having to divert water and create high ground for cattle to stand on. Buttars said some cattle have already been lost, but the exact number has not been determined.Normally branding has taken place, cows are turned out to ranges and not penned up waiting for the snow to melt.
"Usually you wake up to snow and it is gone the next day," he said. "But right when we started calving, it just never went away."
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