Western SD needs more shelter infrastructure.
Seems like it would be relatively cheap for ranchers to build sections of wall or storm fence on the rangeland. It won’t save all the cattle but those who can reach it would probably be OK.
So now they're naming snow storms?
So now they're naming snow storms?
>> Western SD needs more shelter infrastructure.
Why do they care if the cattle freeze when the taxpayers bail them out? Building shelters takes effort and money.
Just another example of how government interference in the marketplace — in this case, subsidizing any downside — actually ENCOURAGES scaling up production in unsuitable areas with no provision for cold weather.
Kind of like federal flood insurance encourages building, and rebuilding, and re-rebuilding in flood- and hurricane-prone areas.
If the dxmn government would stay out of it, the market would take care of dumb homeowners (and reckless ranchers) and there’d be less of this crap happening.
>> Western SD needs more shelter infrastructure.
Why do they care if the cattle freeze when the taxpayers bail them out? Building shelters takes effort and money.
Just another example of how government interference in the marketplace — in this case, subsidizing any downside — actually ENCOURAGES scaling up production in unsuitable areas with no provision for cold weather.
Kind of like federal flood insurance encourages building, and rebuilding, and re-rebuilding in flood- and hurricane-prone areas.
If the dxmn government would stay out of it, the market would take care of dumb homeowners (and reckless ranchers) and there’d be less of this crap happening.