rancher
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With US beef prices soaring to record highs, you might think that South Dakota cattle rancher Eric Gropper would be celebrating.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
“The situation with the beef-export data was absurd,” said Mackenzie Johnston, a fifth-generation cattle rancher in Nebraska and a content director at AgMarket.Net-owned commodity brokerage Standard Grain.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Past screwworm outbreaks imposed major rancher losses beyond cattle deaths, including surveillance and treatment costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
One rumor originating in Hartman’s Cafe involved Taylor Jones, a rancher whose property adjoins River Valley Farm.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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It added that ranchers need to rebuild the US cattle herd -- or demand would have to cool -- in order for beef prices to fall.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The American Farm Bureau Federation warned in May, however, that Americans are consuming more beef than US farmers and ranchers can supply.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
On one side: beef ranchers and dairy operators who advocate sustainable and organic food and land practices; they note the seashore was established, in part, to preserve their way of life.
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
Farm ranchers, most of them, they are outdoor folk of very varied stock—German, Irish, Norwegian, Mexican, Japanese.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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