After a year of drought, ranchers are having better luck putting up hay this season. Mandan, North Dakota rancher Kenny Graner is on his second cutting. “I’ve heard stories of people getting more than twice as many bales off the same field this year than last year.” Graner says the grasshopper population is high this year. “It’s more than normal but I don’t think it’s going to be an issue because of the abundance of growth we have.”