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rancher

[ran-cher] / ˈræn tʃər /




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Blame Jack London: Buck ran with the wolves, White Fang was only half dog, and both were romantic literary heroes—something less impressive if you happen to be a sheep rancher.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the pandemic, ranchers decided to thin their cattle herds following years of weakening financial conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Subsidies benefiting public lands ranchers include disaster assistance after droughts and floods, cheap crop insurance, funding for fences and watering holes, and compensation for animals lost to predators.

From Salon

Fiona is her almost mathematically conceived opposite, an earthy rancher with four adopted grown children; there’s a horrible dead husband in her backstory.

From Los Angeles Times

Many farmers and ranchers have relied on seeding for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal