By Codi Vallery-Mills The 25th anniversary of the infamous April 1997 blizzard was last week. It was devastating to agricultural operations in North Dakota and surrounding states that year. Estimates were that 123,000 cattle, approximately 10 percent of North Dakota’s herd valued at million, perished in the multi-day blizzard. Like a repeat of a bad history lesson, last week North Dakota cattle producers once again faced a historical April blizzard. The National Weather Service has proclaimed the blizzard (now named Haley) as a historical one indeed – dumping up to 40 inches of snow in places, with sustained winds of...

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