Saturday, February 5, 2011

Farmers watch harsh winter crush their livelihoods (AP)

In the Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 photo, Joe Greenbacker, a partner at Brookfield Farm, looks back at collapsed hoop barn on his farm while walking up a steep snowy hill to his dairy barn in Durham, Conn.  The barn collapsed under the weight of snow killing one calf. Connecticut agriculture officials say back-to-back snowstorms and a recent ice storm have brought down the roofs of more than 130 barns, greenhouses, equipment buildings and other farm buildings. More than a dozen dairy cows, two horses and a calf have been killed in building collapses. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - For Northeastern farmers long used to coping with all sorts of cold-weather problems, this winter presents a new one: snow and ice that's bringing down outbuildings, requiring costly repairs, killing livestock and destroying supplies.


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