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Christian Lovell, a cattle rancher in Illinois, said parts of his farm that were lush and grassy when he was a child have now dried up, limiting where his cows can graze.

The plan put forth by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins calls for helping ranchers through measures such as reforming endangered-species regulations and increasing access to grazing and financing.

And then Mr. Mamdani tells us that, in Kampala, “Zohran settled down with the study of issues such as ‘zero grazing,’” a type of farming in which cattle are fed with cut grass.

Mary and I passed the bottle back and forth, our hands grazing, the only hint of intimacy those days.

Droughts can drive up costs because without enough water, businesses have to buy more feed instead of relying on grazing lands, said Karina Schoengold, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.