> A big benefit is that ranchers are far better partners and stewards of the land than developers and other industries (like oil and gas). it is a strawman. T

> A big benefit is that ranchers are far better partners and stewards of the land than developers and other industries (like oil and gas). it is a strawman. The wildlife would be much better without the cattle grazing. >open grazing of ~200 years ago, not some sort of neolithic practice from several thousand years ago. no difference. >Then the obvious and game changer was barbed wire, bad for wildlife. And basically lazy/primitive version of shepherd dogs. >and now intensive industrialization such as feed lots, general mechanization of Industrial Revolution, engines instead of people, no innovation specific to cattle. > genetic selection & artificial insemination, bottle of vodka to the owner of the prized bull who would bring the bull to do his business at my grandma's farm > GPS tracking more convenient and cheaper to graze those vast federal lands >and data-based herd management. that has a very nice ring to it, must be something.