Tumbleweeds are dried plants (usually kochia on our ranch) that the wind blows across the prairie after the growing season. This year they have been particularly abundant only stopping their travels when they get caught by a fence. The ranch has 44 miles of fence so many are caught here. A problem occurs when there is considerable drifting of snow also caused by the wind. The snow accumulates on the caught tumbleweeds crushing the fence breaking many wires. Whenever we have a snow event this winter the fences will require immediate repair before cattle escape the ranch boundaries and we have to go hunting for them.
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