grazing
Nov 3 2005, Irani

Grazing seems to be turning expensive! At least $123 million is spent by federal agencies each year, to keep public lands open to livestock grazing. $123 million! That is what a government report says. Ranching on the millions of acres of public lands...

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Goats numbering more than 625 attack weeds on the Ladd Reeves ranch north of Palmer, Neb., Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, as part of a goat grazing demonstration hosted by the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition. A growing number of cattle ranchers, who for decades...

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