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  • Cattle grazing hurts

    According to a recent review of research in the "Western North American Naturalist journal," Allison Jones of the Wild Utah Project says grazing hurts arid ecosystems.

    by Staff, Dec 04, 2000

  • Global market squeezes sheep ranchers

    Foreign competition, low prices and increasing labor costs have sent the U.S. sheep industry into a decline that is felt especially in Idaho.

    by Stephen Stuebner, Nov 19, 2001

  • Return of the rustlers

    Cattle rustling apparently on the increase, Wyoming State Livestock Board says.

    by Staff, Jun 27, 1994

  • Home on the electric range

    Rancher robot display defends grazing at New Mexico State Fair.

    by Staff, Oct 17, 1994

  • Alternative livestock searches for a niche

    After the enthusiastic boosterism that surrounded alternative livestock in the 1980s, emu, ostrich, elk and bison producers have seen the market - and their incomes - plummet.

    by Sam Western, Mar 18, 2002

  • Raising a stink

    When the dairy industry invades rural Idaho, communities face the dilemma of what to do with the waste cows produce. The huge dairy operations are contaminating local air and water.

    by Stephen Stuebner, Apr 15, 2002

  • 'You start over new'

    In his own words, Dean Swager talks about how he moved his dairy farm from Southern California's Chino Valley to Idaho's Magic Valley.

    by Guy Hand, Apr 15, 2002

  • 'The odors were beyond description'

    In her own words, Sena McKnight describes how she and her family were forced out of their home next to the Dutch Touch Dairy, due to the nauseating odors and decline in quality of life.

    by Guy Hand, Apr 15, 2002

  • 'Big for the sake of big is not good'

    In his own words, Bill Stoltzfus compares his small (85-cow) dairy to the huge ones that have taken over the Magic Valley, and admits that dairy farmers who created problems with odor and manure must now take responsibility and deal with them.

    by Guy Hand, Apr 15, 2002

  • Ranching the changing times

    Bad economic times lead the writer to turn his ranching career into a "sell-out" occupation: the ranch-recreation business.

    by Tony Malmberg, May 27, 2002
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