Colorado ranchers face not just drought but rising social pressures

Grand Junction, United States (AFP) July 11, 2021
“The grass should be up to here,” Janie VanWinkle says, holding a hand next to her knee above the scant growth on her ranch in Colorado, which – just as in 2020, and 2018 – is again being hit by devastating drought. “Here we are again,” she says, wearing a checkered shirt and a persistent smile that belies her ranch’s woes at a time when record high temperatures have been scorching much of
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