Goodhue County farmer forced to sell cattle because of drought
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The drought has some deciding to go into early retirement or sell their animals.
“These cows should be in grass that should be up to my waist and it’s down at my ankles. It’s just not growing,” said Katie Brenny, of Brenny Farms.
Brenny Farms has 25 cows, a bull and a donkey. She runs the farm with her husband, and the couple is fifth-generation farmers. They raise the cows for beef.
Farmer Katie Brenny
“We have the white cows behind me which are Charolais. And the black cows are Angus,” Brenny said.
Drought forcing some Minnesota cattle farmers into early retirement
(FOX 9)
GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - As drought intensifies in Minnesota, cattle farmers are being left to make the tough choice: sell off the herd or overpay for feed.
At Brenny Farms in southern Minnesota, the hay barn should be full right now as the supply usually isn’t dipped into until the winter. However, this year with the drought conditions, the cows will likely be getting this hay next month. We’re getting to that point where we just don’t have a whole lot of options here, said cattle farmer Katie Brenny.