Sisters Who Lost Homes, Cattle, Rebuild After Kansas Fire

Firefighters from across Kansas and Oklahoma battle a wildfire near Protection, Kan., Monday, March 6, 2017.
Firefighters from across Kansas and Oklahoma battle a wildfire near Protection, Kan., Monday, March 6, 2017.
(Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

The Kansas wildfires did not discriminate as it left a path of ruins in Ashland, Kansas this March. A 30,000 acre ranched owned and operated by one family, three sisters with an inseparable bond, was in its way.

AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben shows how the sisters, Jenny Betschart, Katie Shaw and Molly Beckford of Giles Ranch, are picking themselves back up again and moving on after the flames ceased.

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