SHE SPENT THE DAY ON A RANCH THERE THAT'S DONATING HUNDREDS OF HAY BALES. THESE ROUND BALES ALL AROUND ME ARE DONATED! THEY'RE DIFFERENT SIZES...WEIGHING ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO 1500 POUNDS. THE RANCHERS WHO ARE ALSO FARMERS, I SPOKE WITH DESCRIBED HOW THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HELP OTHERS. <> "You're looking at $60,000 worth of stuff that we're fixing to send out there" HUNDREDS OF MIXED GRASS ROUND BALES... ALL DONATED FOR FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS WHO LOST LAND AND CATTLE TO WILDFIRES. <> "us being ranchers and dealing with livestock every day, it's kind of weighed on our hearts." PRAIRIE GROVE RANCHER STEVE BARTHOLOMEW SAYS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OKLAHOMA CATTLEMEN AND THE FARM BUREAU IN TEXAS TO GET NAMES. <> "I made a call to Lance and a few other people. We got together, and this is what's happened in a week." LANCE LEE, ALSO A RANCHER IN PRAIRIE GROVE TALKED ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WILDFIRES HAVE DONE. <> "People's got kids you love your kids, got em in college, got them in school. But then we started listening to the stories about, uh, needing milk replacement. And I asked, Baby, I said, they do what they need milk replacement for, you know, And it it sounds horrible, but the cows have been in bad shape." LEE SAYS COW UTTERS GOT BURNED... AND NOW IT'S CALF SEASON. <> "tomorrow a bunch of us is taking loads and going out." LEE SAYS THEY'RE HEADING TO THE WOODWARD AREA IN OKLAHOMA WITH FOUR TRAILERS. <> "I don't think we're really understand the look, but it's just. It's just horrible what these people, they've lost their livelihood and they've lost everything. Their fence, their barns. Not just hay. They've lost everything." THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH AND FACEBOOK... THEY'RE RECEIVED ABOUT 1200 ROUND BALES. ONE BALE COULD FEED 15 TO 20 COWS IN ONE DAY. <> "a lot of the farmers around here have given every stage of how they can give and they may even run short." AND ON APRIL 7TH A DONATION BAR-BE-QUE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN FAYETTEVILLE. STARTING AROUN 1 PM THERE WILL BE FOOD, GAMES, AND ANIMALS... AND THE RANCHERS SAY YOU CAN MAKE DONATIONS THEN TOO. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT MONEY TO BUY MORE SUPPLIES FOR THE FARMS I
Prairie Grove ranchers collecting hundreds of hay rounds
Hay round donations going to farms in Oklahoma and Texas affected by wildfires
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Updated: 8:02 PM CDT Mar 20, 2024
Ranchers and farmers in Northwest Arkansas collected around 1,200 rounds of hay to help those in Oklahoma and Texas affected by the recent wildfires. “You're looking at $60,000 worth of stuff that we're fixing to send out there,” Steve Bartholomew, a Prairie Grove rancher and farmer, said. Bartholomew added he's been working with the Oklahoma Cattlemen's and the Texas Farm Bureau for the names of people in need. “Us being ranchers and dealing with livestock every day, it's kind of weighed on our hearts,” Bartholomew added. Lance Lee, a Prairie Grove rancher and farmer, described what the wildfires have done. “We started listening to the stories about needing milk replacement. And I asked Stevie, I said, what do they need milk replacement for, you know, and it sounds horrible, but the cows have been in bad shape.” Lance Lee said. Lee said utters have gotten burned, which is bad timing given its calf season. “I don't think we really understand the magnitude until you get out there and look, but it's just horrible. These people, they've lost their livelihood. They've lost everything. Their fence, their barns, not just hay. They've lost everything.”On April 7, at the Fairgrounds in Fayetteville, starting around 1 p.m. they are hosting an event with food, games, and animals. It will also be a chance to make donations for ranchers and farmers affected by the wildfires.
PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. — Ranchers and farmers in Northwest Arkansas collected around 1,200 rounds of hay to help those in Oklahoma and Texas affected by the recent wildfires.
“You're looking at $60,000 worth of stuff that we're fixing to send out there,” Steve Bartholomew, a Prairie Grove rancher and farmer, said.
Bartholomew added he's been working with the Oklahoma Cattlemen's and the Texas Farm Bureau for the names of people in need.
“Us being ranchers and dealing with livestock every day, it's kind of weighed on our hearts,” Bartholomew added.
Lance Lee, a Prairie Grove rancher and farmer, described what the wildfires have done.
“We started listening to the stories about needing milk replacement. And I asked Stevie, I said, what do they need milk replacement for, you know, and it sounds horrible, but the cows have been in bad shape.” Lance Lee said.
Lee said utters have gotten burned, which is bad timing given its calf season.
“I don't think we really understand the magnitude until you get out there and look, but it's just horrible. These people, they've lost their livelihood. They've lost everything. Their fence, their barns, not just hay. They've lost everything.”
On April 7, at the Fairgrounds in Fayetteville, starting around 1 p.m. they are hosting an event with food, games, and animals. It will also be a chance to make donations for ranchers and farmers affected by the wildfires.
