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Farm Progress America, April 16, 2024

Mike Pearson talks about the Smokehouse Creek fire and the last impacts of the tragedy.

Today marks the one month mark that the Smokehouse Creek Fire was fully contained. But now, the hard part begins– rebuilding everything.

The Smokehouse Creek Fire ignited Feb. 26, 2024. It was a parched and windy day in the Texas Panhandle.

Over the next 20 days the Smokehouse Creek Fire burned over 1 million acres of land– nearly the size of Rhode Island– all of it was areas populated with farms, ranches and small communities.

One of those towns, Canadian, Texas witnessed the fire consume 30 homes and…

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