The most widely viewed galleries on the Southwest Farm Press website for 2017 featured disasters, including Hurricane Harvey and devastating wildfires in the Texas High Plains and northern Oklahoma. But with the disasters came an incredible outpouring of support and aid—from monetary donations, to thousands of bales of hay, to labor to help string new fences, clean up debris and round up scattered cattle.
And one gallery featured efforts of family, friends and neighbors to harvest a dear friend’s final cotton crop.
These galleries are stark reminders of the tenuous nature of agriculture, but also the resilience of the men and women who operate farms and ranches across the country and the willingness of friends, neighbors, family and even strangers to help in times of trouble.
Photos show destruction of Hurricane Harvey
This cotton field was stripped bare by Hurricane Harvey.
South Texas begins long process of digging out after Harvey
Even in disaster, Texas pride and resolve remain strong.
Wildfires leave unthinkable loss across Southern Plains
A million acres of Southern Plains rangeland was destroyed by wildfire last week.
South Texas farmers describe storm damage
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue was in South Texas last week surveying hurricane damage.
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