Fourth year of drought taking toll on cattle ranchers

The drought is forcing ranchers to cull herds… “There’s no place to go to. There’s so little property for lease,” Butler said. What used to be some 15,000 acres of prime grazing land between southern Tuolumne County and Oakdale has been rezoned and now is mostly almond orchards, he said. –Click here for article—Union Democrat, April 8, 2015