National Public Radio: It’s been a rough year for the ranching industry as fuel and hay prices skyrocketed and Americans ate less beef. Many ranchers are beginning to look for extra sources of income, and they’re finding it in their backyards — wind. In Wyoming, some landowners are forming “wind associations” by pooling their land together to market it to companies eager to harness and profit from the wind power of the plains. Kathy Speiser, who owns a farm in Laramie Valley with her husband Pep, …