rancher
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Matt Biehl, a 45-year-old cattle rancher, came from the village of Johnson Lake to hear Osborn, just weeks before the election.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The same year, a rancher discovered metallic and rubber debris near the airfield at Roswell, N.M.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer, herself a cattle rancher, said lowering grocery prices cannot come “at the expense of American producers.”
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The last documented California grizzly killed was hunted down in August 1922 by a Tulare County rancher named Jesse Agnew, who blamed his dead calves on the grizzly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
What would-be gorilla or elephant rancher would wait 15 years for his herd to reach adult size?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Washington should also provide temporary financial incentives for U.S. ranchers to retain their herds and expand them, rather than slaughtering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I myself have 5,000 acres of Wagyu and am happy to keep supplying it, but Australian ranchers have more to offer than meat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Wolf Conservation Center noted that ranchers were entitled to up to 100% compensation for any livestock losses caused by wolves under the current system, with individual states providing funding for programmes to deter attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Even as the epidemics hit, Stearman learned, the group was fighting the white cattle ranchers who were taking over the region.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
