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Showing cattle is a family affair for Michael and Becky, Jayna and Rett Blume, who ranch just north of Pierre, South Dakota. The family raises Registered Hereford cattle, with a few Angus, SimAngus, Red Angus,...
America's rural electric cooperative utilities are more reliant on coal than is the U.S. electricity industry at large. The resource makes up 39 percent of the generation mix for the 800-plus members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, according to data released in June, compared to about 23 percent for all electricity generated nationwide. And unlike their large investor-owned utility counterparts, co-ops, which deliver about 12 percent of all U.S. electricity, don’t often have the political sway or capital to direct a push toward more renewables. As large util...