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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wyoming veterinarians are blaming the drought for the
summer's unusually high number of cattle with deadly
sulfate-induced polio.
by Oakley Brooks,
Oct 09, 2000
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New Mexico rancher Jim Winder offers tour of his ranch
Jan. 15.
by Staff,
Dec 20, 1999
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In Colorado's San Luis Valley, Peggy Godfrey works hard
raising sheep, writing cowboy poetry, helping neighbors at calving
time and living what she describes as the life of a free
woman.
by Lisa Jones,
Jul 16, 2008
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A booklet, "The Mortenson Ranch: Cattle and Trees at Home
on the Range," profiles one family's attempt to restore the land on
their working ranch.
by Dustin Solberg,
Mar 01, 1999