Ranching

Texas Man Gets 99 Years For Cattle Rustling

AP | BETSY BLANEY | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Carl Wade Curry, Texas, Cattle Rustler Gets 99 Years, Cattle Rustler, Texas Crime, Ranching, Staley Heatly, Cattle Rustler Prison, Crime News

LUBBOCK, Texas — An East Texas man with a prolific cattle rustling history spanning more than a decade has been sentenced to 99 years in prison ...

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Lack Of Cowboy Monks Forcing Catholic Monastery To Close Ranch

AP | – | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Abbot Brian Wangler, Assumption Abbey, North Dakota, Ranching, Brother Placid Gross, Richardson, Weird North Dakota, Roman Catholic, Weird News News

RICHARDTON, N.D. (AP) – A Roman Catholic monastery in North Dakota is putting its ranching operation out to pasture because it lacks monks with cowb...

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Oil Shale's Insatiable Demand for Water Will Impact Western Way of Life

Wayne Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northwest Colorado, West Slope, Oil Shale, Ken Salazar, Interbasin Compact Committee, Ranching, Colorado Water Commission, Denver News
Wayne Pollard

For generations my family has ranched in northwest Colorado, raising cattle and producing crops. Our lives would of course be much different if not for one critical resource: clean, plentiful water.

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Solar Wells Displacing Windmills On Ranches In Colorado, Wyoming

AP | MATT JOYCE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rocky Mountain West, Ranching, Colorado, Solar Power, Wyoming, Windmills, Ranches, Denver News

ALCOVA, Wyo. — The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill'...

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Cowboys Versus Packers This Week -- And We're Not Talking Football

Mabel Dobbs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Western Organization of Resource Councils, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Packers and Stockyards Act, Ranching, Antitrust, Cattle, Usda, Meatpacking, Denver News
Mabel Dobbs

A tiny handful of giant meatpackers and processors have been underpaying and unfairly treating livestock producers for decades. These packers control the livestock markets.

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Is Ken Salazar In The Pocket Of Ranchers On Wild Horse Issue?

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ranching, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Cattle, Blm, Wild Horses, Denver News

RENO, Nev. — A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle. Interior Secr...

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Agricultural Pesticides a Major Threat to Lions

Panthera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poison, Lion, Hunting, Ranching, Panthera, Africa, Furadan, Conservation, Pesticide, 60 Minutes, Green News
Panthera

Sold legally to farmers for their crops, Furadan is all too accessible to herders, ranchers and pastoralists who use it to poison predators which might kill their livestock.

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