Russel County rancher Rich Koester sits on his four-wheeler with his dog, Gibbs, wondering how to come back from the fire catastrophe that destroyed his farm near Paradise, Kansas on December 15, 2021. Koester estimates that all of his roughly 800-acre pasture burned, along with most of his beef cattle herd in the Four County Fire.
PARADISE, Kansas — This time of year, rancher Rich Koester is normally busy caring for newborn calves or feeding his herd to get them ready…
