Farmers have been hit hard recently with the recent dry weather conditions. Livestock farmers are no different.

Bruce Nation of Nation Farms says that there are many ways the livestock are being affected by the weather.

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Nation says that in the short term the dry weather will not be too big of a hit, but it will in the long term.

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Nation says that the weather could also affect the meat prices at the grocery store.

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The nation as a whole could lose over $70 billion because of the drought conditions according to MSNBC.com