The owner of Miller County Regional Stockyards is looking to help farmers whose fencing has been destroyed or damaged by this week's flooding.
Wendy Cantrell announced Thursday she was putting up $1,000 and was asking several area banks and businesses to either match that amount or give money to buy T-posts and barbed wire for several farms from Tuscumbia to Jefferson City.
"One farmer along Big Tavern Creek lost 70 head," she said. "They had them (cows) scattered everywhere because they had no fencing to corral them. I'm sure we will find a lot of dead ones out there, too."
Next week, Cantrell said, they hope to distribute what fencing supplies have been collected.
"I will supply a truck, trailer and driver, and then Miller County Sheriff Bill Abbott will have his deputies note those producers really in need, and we will then distribute the posts and wire to the producers."
As bad as last year's drought was for producers, Cantrell said this flooding is just as bad.
"It's devastating," she said. "They don't need this. Cattle prices were good heading into this. There was plenty of grass and water. We needed the water, but not this."
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