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Wyoming Ag Industry Hit By Drought, Although Not As Bad As Other States | Cowboy State Daily
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By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Every day
Wyoming’s farmers and ranchers should not being hit as laborious by the drought seen throughout the West as their counterparts in different states, a number of advised Cowboy State Every day on Friday.
Kyle Berger, whose household owns a livestock ranch in Saratoga, advised Cowboy State Every day that the world has been “abnormally” dry for about two years, which has had each fast and long-term results.
“The fast impact is that we will’t develop as a lot forage as we sometimes do,” Berger stated. “Final yr, we had to purchase much more feed and lease some extra grounds. We have been really capable of keep our numbers, however there’s additionally the upper expense and fewer revenue on this state of affairs.”
Whereas the Berger household ranch shouldn’t be being compelled to dump extra cattle or land because of the drought, issues about continued dry climate and subnormal snowmelt is all the time in the back of everybody’s thoughts., Berger stated.
He added a very powerful a part of ranching is all the time with the ability to adapt to circumstances, and a drought is one thing that may be deliberate for, no less than considerably.
“You principally need to have a drought plan in thoughts,” Berger stated. “If we get a number of years of extreme drought circumstances, that may be regarding, as a result of an individual can’t make a dwelling. So far as being concerned in regards to the future, we simply make a plan and maintain going.”
In keeping with the U.S. drought monitor circumstances for Wyoming, 100% of the state is taken into account “abnormally dry.” A lot of the state, 97.6%, is taken into account to be in a “average drought,” that means that hay and forage yield is low, fireplace hazard is elevated and fewer wildflowers bloom.
Simply over half of the state, 59.9%, is in a extreme drought, which signifies that pasture circumstances are poor, timber and vegetation are pressured and water pressures are low. A few of these areas embrace Lincoln, Sweetwater, Massive Horn and Uinta counties.
Nevertheless, a small portion, 20.6% of the state, is in an excessive drought, which signifies that snowpack in these areas is low and floor waters are insufficient for farming and ranching. The areas in excessive drought embrace no less than a few of Campbell, Johnson, Park and Teton counties.
In keeping with the drought monitor, 2022 is the seventh driest yr on document, with March being the twenty seventh driest on document within the final 128 years. Principally everybody within the state is affected by the drought in a method or one other.
Ken Hamilton, vp of the Wyoming Farm Bureau, advised Cowboy State Every day that this time of the yr, mid-April, was crucial in relation to precipitation.
“This time of yr is the ‘Maintain your breath and hope’ type of a time, as a result of these winter storms are serving to with the snowpack,” he stated. “The previous few snowstorms have improved a few of the snowpack, however it’s obtained a method to go.”
Many Farm Bureau members are at present taking inventory of their spring feed, making an attempt to resolve methods to deal with their livestock this yr, Hamilton stated.
Whereas each farmers and ranchers have been affected by the drought, Hamilton famous that these within the ranching enterprise have been notably hit laborious final yr by the dry circumstances.
“We have been actually lucky 100 years in the past once we developed a few of our irrigation methods, so we ended up with sufficient provides,” he stated. “However primarily based on the snowpack ranges we’re seeing, it’s not going to be an important yr for our ranchers.”
Abby Shuler, whose household raises crops and cattle in Park County, stated that fortunately, their enterprise has not been severely impacted by the drought because of the truth that they’ve an irrigation system.
“So long as now we have snowpack within the mountains, we’re good,” she advised Cowboy State Every day. “However with the wind, our corrals keep dry. One in all our manure guys got here in and cleaned our corral lately and so they have been having to interrupt up that onerous crust within the grass, they couldn’t scoop it out usually. That’s how dry it’s right here.”
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Practice what you preach: ASU generates three turnovers against Wyoming
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Arizona State forces 3 turnovers in win over Wyoming to start 2024
All offseason, coach Kenny Dillingham preached getting turnovers. Forty seconds into the season’s first game, the defense produced its first one.
Four games. That’s how long it took for the Arizona State defense to generate its first turnover in 2023.
Forty seconds. That’s how it long it took for ASU to get its first turnover for this 2024 season.
Redshirt junior linebacker Zyrus Fiaseu read Wyoming junior quarterback Evan Svoboda perfectly and intercepted the Mesa Red Mountain alum on the second play of the game, returning it for a touchdown to start the year in near-perfect fashion for the Sun Devils to establish an early 7-0 lead.
They didn’t stop there either.
On the very next offensive drive for the Cowboys, facing a long third-and-23, the ASU defense again capitalized on a mistake from Svoboda, this time as another linebacker – junior Keyshaun Elliott – intercepted Svoboda on an overthrown pass. Seven plays later, redshirt sophomore Ian Hershey booted a 29-yard field goal to make it 10-0 at the 6:19 mark in the first quarter.
Coach Kenny Dillingham called the linebacker room the “most improved” during the preseason. And less than 10 minutes into the first game, the group proved him right. It’s also a testament to ASU’s ability in the transfer portal as both Fiaseu and Elliott are transfers. The Sun Devils picked up 30 transfers this past offseason, with the class ranking No. 30 in the nation and fourth in the Big 12, according to 247Sports.
ASU added its third turnover of the game in the third quarter when Svoboda attempted to hit wide receiver Tyler King on a swing pass to the left, but threw the ball behind his intended target. ASU redshirt senior Justin Wodtly scooped it up and ran 6 yards for the touchdown to make it 41-0 with 6:07 to go in the third quarter.
It was all part of a superb evening from the ASU defense, which held Wyoming to just 53 yards of total offense in the first half. Wyoming didn’t score its first points until 2 seconds remained in the game.
One of the themes of spring and fall camp for ASU was emphasizing the need for turnovers.
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“I expect us to run to the football, and I expect us to get takeaways this year,” ASU head coach Kenny Dillingham said ahead of the season.
ASU didn’t get its first takeaway until the first quarter of the fourth game of last season against USC when linebacker Tate Romney recovered a fumble. The Sun Devils were the last team among FBS schools to force their first turnover last season.
ASU was a dismal 127th — out of 130 schools — last year in turnover margin. Rice, Nebraska, and Temple were the only schools to finish below ASU in 2023.
That trend is now shifting in favor of the Sun Devils. The message is starting to get through.
“It’s incredible,” Dillingham said in his postgame news conference. “Every single day — guys are probably bored of it — we start our team meeting and the only two things I show are: effort plays and takeaways. That’s it. Bad ball security, takeaways, effort. That’s it. I don’t show anything else. It’s those two things, over and over. It’s just to get in their mind that if you play really hard and you win the turnover battle, all these schemes that you’re about to go do are awesome, but they’re obsolete. And we have to be able to do those two things, and then go play smart football. That was game-changing when you turn the ball over at that rate. It was as close to a shutout as you can possibly get. So in my mind, it’s a shutout and it’s two defensive touchdowns. Awesome job by our defense tonight. They deserve it because they’ve been working hard.”
ASU also executed on running the ball as senior running back Cam Skattebo (11 carries, 49 yards, one touchdown) and redshirt senior running back DeCarlos Brooks (six carries, 47 yards, one touchdown) led a potent, multipronged ground attack.
Even redshirt sophomore quarterback Sam Leavitt got in on the action, showcasing his scrambling ability to the tune of 47 yards on eight carries.
In all, the Sun Devils rushed for 241 yards on 49 carries as a team. ASU had 499 yards of total offense on the night in a commanding 48-7 victory.
Logan Stanley is a sports reporter with The Arizona Republic who primarily focuses on high school, ASU and Olympic sports. To suggest ideas for human-interest stories and other news, reach out to Stanley at logan.stanley@gannett.com or 707-293-7650. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @LSscribe.
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Arizona State vs Wyoming live score updates, analysis for Week 1 college football game
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The Arizona State football team opened its 2024 schedule with a game against the Wyoming Cowboys on Saturday, Aug. 31.
And it opened it with a bang in the first half.
ASU football intercepted the first pass of the game and returned it for a touchdown and never looked back in the first two quarters, building a 27-0 halftime lead on Wyoming.
Follow our live updates of the game, which is being played at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, for the latest score, news, notes and analysis of the college football Week 1 non-conference game between the Sun Devils of the Big 12 and the Cowboys of the Mountain West.
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The Sun Devils now have two defensive scores in this game.
Wyoming’s Evan Svoboda’s pass was thrown behind his receiver and ASU’s Justin Wodtly recovered it and ran 23 yards for the score, giving ASU a 41-0 lead on Wyoming.
FOX Sports rules analyst Dean Blandino, on the FS1 broadcast, said that it looked like the pass was a forward pass, but the officials did not agree, upholding the backward pass ruling and the touchdown for the Sun Devils.
ASU now has three takeaways in this game. The Sun Devils were -11 in takeaways last season.
Score: ASU football 41, Wyoming 0 (6:07 left in third quarter)
The Sun Devils just punted for the first time in this game, with 6:45 left in the third quarter.
ASU’s latest drive went for 37 yards over six plays. It is just the second time it hasn’t scored on offense, the first coming late in the first half when it missed a field goal attempt.
Arizona State has a 24:14 to 14:01 advantage in time of possession in this game.
The Sun Devils just forced Wyoming to punt, although the Cowboys didn’t really help matters, gaining just six yards on three running plays on the drive.
This game is already ugly, with ASU up 34-0, but it has the potentially to get really ugly, at least for the Cowboys.
ASU fans aren’t complaining.
Sam Leavitt has his first touchdown pass as an Arizona State Sun Devil.
The QB just engineered a 9-play, 75-yard touchdown drive for ASU football to start the second half against Wyoming, throwing a 25-yard touchdown pass to Chamon Metayer for the score.
Leavitt also had a 6-yard run and a 15-yard run on the drive.
He’s now 12-for-18 in the game for 179 yards, with the touchdown.
He has 26 yards rushing.
Score: ASU football 34, Wyoming 0 (11:03 left in third quarter)
The first half is in the books at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe and it was a good one for the Sun Devils, who have a 27-0 lead on the Cowboys.
ASU has 241 yards of total offense, while Wyoming only has 53. ASU is 3-for-7 on third downs, Wyoming is 1-for-6.
Wyoming has thrown two interceptions. ASU didn’t have any turnovers in the first half.
Penalties have been a big factor in the first half, with Wyoming penalized seven times for 65 yards. ASU has one 5-yard penalty in the game.
Some key performers for ASU in the first half were QB Sam Leavitt, who is 0-for-14 for 134 yards, running back Cam Skattebo, who has 41 yards and a touchdown on nine carries and wide receiver Jake Smith, who has three catches for 47 yards in his debut for the Sun Devils after being injured last season.
Evan Svoboda, a Mesa Red Mountain High graduate, is just 4-for-10 for 32 yards, with two interceptions for Wyoming.
The Sun Devils had to settle for some field goals when they would have rather had touchdowns, and they missed a field goal late in the first half, but you really can’t complain about their first half of football this season.
It has only been two quarters, but it was a good two quarters for Kenny Dillingham’s team in its quest for a much-improved season after going 3-9 last year.
Halftime score: ASU football 27, Wyoming 0
The Sun Devils came up empty on offense for the first time in the first half Saturday when Ian Hershey missed a 38-yard field goal late in the second quarter after ASU’s drive stalled against the Cowboys.
Wyoming kneeled the ball for one play to end the half with ASU leading 27-0.
ASU just extended its lead to 27-0 with a 24-yard field goal from Ian Hershey after ASU’s drive stalled deep in Wyoming territory.
Still, the Sun Devils are up 27-0.
Who saw that coming? ASU was just a 6.5-point favorite in odds for this game.
Sam Leavitt has been efficient in his first start for the Sun Devils and is currently 8-for-11 for 95 yards, with no touchdown passes and more importantly, no interceptions or fumbles.
Score: Arizona State football 27, Wyoming 0 (4:28 left in second quarter)
Wyoming quarterback Evan Svoboda, a Mesa Red Mountain High product, is having a rough homecoming so far as the Cowboys’ starting QB.
Svoboda is 3-for-9 in the game, having only thrown for 22 yards. He has had two passes intercepted.
It’s been rough going, as the Cowboys only have 52 total yards.
It’s probably not the homecoming Svoboda envisioned.
The Sun Devils are rolling early in this game against the Cowboys.
Cam Skattebo just ran it in from 2-yards out on a 4th & 2 for Arizona State, extending ASU’s lead to 24-0 with 9:47 left in the second quarter.
Skattebo lined up at quarterback for ASU on the play, and took the direct snap from the center, with DeCarlos Brooks helping lead the way to him making it into the end zone.
Skattebo is up to 41 yards on nine carries in the game.
Score: ASU football 24, Wyoming 0 (9:47 left in second quarter)
Wyoming’s fourth drive of the game went for six plays and just 13 yards, ending with the Sun Devils again forcing the Cowboys to punt, their second of the game.
Evan Svoboda is struggling for Wyoming. He’s just 3-for-9 in the game for 22 yards, with two interceptions.
Wyoming isn’t faring much better on the ground. It has nine carries for 33 yards rushing.
ASU just went on a 10-play, 72-yard drive that took five minutes off the clock and ended with a 2-yard touchdown run by DeCarlos Brooks to give the Sun Devils a 17-0 lead as the first quarter clock ended.
ASU has 51 yards rushing in the game, 30 from Cam Skattebo.
Sam Leavitt is 4-for-5 for 36 yards in his first game as ASU’s quarterback.
ASU’s defense was the star of the first quarter, however, for the Sun Devils, after getting two interceptions and allowing just 37 yards of total offense for the Cowboys.
Score: ASU football 17, Wyoming 0 (end of first quarter)
Let’s give ASU’s defense some credit.
The Sun Devils just forced Wyoming to punt, making three straight drives that they have stopped the Cowboys.
That’ll do, especially after ASU’s woes on the defensive side of the football last season.
Wyoming has 37 total yards in this game and two first downs. It is 0-for-2 on third down.
The Arizona State Sun Devils have a 10-0 lead on Wyoming in the first quarter at Mountain America Stadium, the latest score coming on a 29-yard field goal by Ian Hershey after ASU’s defense got its second interception of the game.
ASU wasn’t able to punch it into the end zone, but it did get its first points on offense of the season with the field goal.
Arizona State’s first touchdown of the season came on a pick-six.
Score: Arizona State 10, Wyoming 0 (6:19 left in first quarter)
Last year, it took the ASU football defense four games to get a takeaway.
This is not last year.
ASU football’s defense has two takeaways in the first quarter against Wyoming, both interceptions, that have come on the Cowboys’ first two possessions.
Keyshaun Elliott intercepted Wyoming’s Evan Svoboda for the second takeway.
Svoboda is now 2-for-4 for 16 yards with the two interceptions.
ASU will take it.
Well, ASU football couldn’t have asked for a better start against Wyoming.
Zyrus Fiaseu intercepted an Evan Svoboda pass on Wyoming’s second play of the game, and Svoboda’s first pass attempt, and ran it back 26 yards for a touchdown for the Sun Devils, giving ASU a 7-0 lead less than one minute into the game.
Score: Arizona State 7, Wyoming 0 (14:19 left in first quarter)
Arizona State will be without RB Raleek Brown (hamstring), OL Sean Na’a, OL Jalen Klemm, DL Prince Dorbah (knee), DL Anthonie Cooper (knee) and LB Tate Romney (broken arm) in the game against Wyoming.
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The game can be seen at 7:30 p.m. MST on FS1 (stream with this free trial from FUBO).
Chris Myers will have the play-by-play call, with Petros Papadakis as the analyst.
Read more: Arizona State football vs Wyoming schedule, time, TV channel
ASU football is a 6.5-point favorite over Wyoming in the game, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.
The Sun Devils are -250 on the moneyline. The Cowboys are +200.
The over/under for the game is set at 47.5 points.
Read more: What odds say about ASU football vs Wyoming game
ESPN gives the Sun Devils a 72.5% chance to defeat the Cowboys in the Week 1 college football game, but not everyone is predicting an ASU win in their Week 1 college football picks and predictions for the game at Mountain America Stadium on Saturday.
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College football week 1 picks: Wyoming vs. Arizona State prediction
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