At Least $26 Million In Losses For OK Ranchers In Wildfires, w/o Homes, Vehicles, Equipment
Wildfire loss estimates based on the preliminary information currently available sum to a total of $26.4 million for cattle operations, according to Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist.
“Estimated cattle industry losses in Oklahoma include $16.4 million for fence replacement and repair; $1.4 million for livestock killed or destroyed as a result of the fire, plus veterinary costs and reduced value of the surviving injured animals; $6.3 million for burned facilities and corrals; $1.6 million for emergency feed, and ($660,000) for burned pasture and hay,” Peel noted.
However, these totals do not include any estimates for losses of vehicles, equipment or homes or other personal property destroyed in the fires, he said, noting that “these estimates may increase as a more comprehensive assessment of the losses is completed.”
The fires burned more than 348,000 acres and destroyed numerous houses and ranch facilities, Peel reported. Current estimates suggest that some 1,600 cattle died in the fire, with numerous others burned and hurt. At least 2,100 miles of fence were damaged or destroyed,” he said.
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