Results for keyword: Livestock Ranching
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Shear Pleasure
A photo essay follows Matt Smith and the other New Zealanders who make up the company Shear Pleasure as they travel Montana, visiting sheep ranches, shearing sheep, and drinking hard at the end of the day
by Jeremy Lurgio, Dec 25, 2006 -
Have knives and hooks, will travel
Taos County’s new Mobile Matanza is a rolling livestock butchering unit that travels to the region’s far-flung family ranchers
by Laura Paskus, Dec 11, 2006 -
Subdivision and me
The writer buys 20 acres of former ranch land and changes his mind about the place of ranching in the West
by Steven Albert, Sep 18, 2006 -
Bison aren’t Buicks, and other dangerous beliefs
The writer says bison aren’t Buicks and neither are domestic cows
by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Jan 16, 2006 -
A desperate move to protect cattle ranchers
Wyoming Game and Fish plans to test feedgrounds elk and slaughter any that are infected with brucellosis in order to keep the disease from spreading to cattle
by Brodie Farquhar, Dec 26, 2005 -
Mad cow threat opens the door to grassfed beef
The writer knows ranchers who want to market the safest beef grown – grass fed – but who can’t quite make it work
by Mark Dowie, Aug 22, 2005 -
County Fair: 'I hope he is good eating'
The writer recalls how she won a blue ribbon for showing a pig named Wilbur. Now, she has some advice for 4-H officials.
by Janelle Holden, Aug 08, 2005 -
Saving ranchlands doesn’t mean saving the rancher
The writer urges us to focus on saving the land, not the rancher
by Paul Larmer, Apr 04, 2004 -
Not just a ranch: Bucks and acres
Carl Palmer hopes to make his Adobe Ranch in California an economic success to prove that open space can be financially as well as environmentally valuable
by Jon Christensen, Mar 29, 2004 -
Who will take over the ranch?
As private lands become the new frontier in the West’s wild real estate frenzy, ranchers are turning to land trusts in places like Gunnison, Colo., to find out how to hold on to their land and keep it open and undeveloped
by Jon Christensen, Mar 29, 2004






