rancher
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The rancher is selling calves for record sums, but is not better off because he has higher costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The U.S. cattle herd will eventually build back up, and there will be more supply of beef and prices will come down, said Johnston, the Nebraska rancher.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Among them were a former rural mayor, an ex-police commander, a bar owner, a rancher, a fireman and various entrepreneurs associated with mining and construction, industries heavily subject to extortion demands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“If we start losing our wildlife, that’s a vacuum on my little community, my county,” said John Paul Schuster, a Kinney County judge and rancher with his wife, Donna Schuster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Joe and other sharecroppers went to see the rancher to tell him what was happening.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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The environmentalists said the ranchers brought in invasive plants with their feed, and that cattle fouled the soil and waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
But the new plan, issued in 2021, favored the ranchers, extending them 20-year leases, and allowed for the killing of elk if they interfered with cattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The term originated from ranchers who owned herds of cattle taking out futures contracts betting that the price of their livestock would rise—instead of taking the opposite position to limit risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The U.S. cattle market was valued at about $113 billion in 2024, based on gross revenue ranchers received from cattle sales.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
As they neared the town of Easton, they began to pass shopping centers and development houses, little, low one-story ranchers with sprigs of new grass and one or two puny trees.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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