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What is the difference between cattle ranchers and sheep and goat ranching?
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∙ 13y ago
Cattle ranchers raise cattle, and sheep/goat farmers raise sheep and goats.
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Who or what causes cattle ranching?
Ranchers or those crazy folks who buy a piece of land and use it only for grazing cattle.
How did ranchers and farmers think different about cattle ranching?
Ranchers wanted to use the land to graze their cattle on and make money off of their cattle, whereas the farmers wanted to use that same land to grow their crops. Farmers didn't like (and they still don't) cattle free-ranging across their fields, and a bit of friction was caused between ranchers with their free-ranging cattle and the farmers who just wanted to plant a few plots of wheat for their families.
How did Joseph McCoy help the development of the cattle industry?
Joseph McCoy had promised the Texan ranchers that if they brought their cattle to Kansas, where they could be shipped by rail, that he would pay them well for the cattle. The ranchers received three times what they could locally for their cattle, which greatly increased the profitability of ranching.
What was the californios' main industry?
cattle ranching
What country was responsible for cattle ranching in the southwest?
Spain was responsible for cattle ranching in the Southwest.
When did cattle ranching start?
Cattle ranching started in Texas in the 1800s.
What is range ranching?
Open Range refers back to the time when ranchers did not fence their property. The cattle roamed free with only brands to identify them to a rancher.
What is open range ranching?
Open Range refers back to the time when ranchers did not fence their property. The cattle roamed free with only brands to identify them to a rancher.
Why is cattle ranching causing deforestation?
It's not the ranching itself that causes deforestation, it's the clearing of land for agricultural purposes includingranching. Ranching is not the big sore thumb in the equation and the main reason why deforestation is occurring, you know.
Why did cattle ranching become profitable in the west?
Cattle ranching became profitable because ranchers bought land cheap and when they did they bought a lot of it. They could have thousands of head of cattle and could ship them East by the railroad. People in the East needed and wanted good quality fresh beef and would pay good money for it. Ranchers could have several thousand head of cattle because they had enough land to keep them and they could hire men easily and pay them only a small fraction of the profits from selling the cattle,which left most of the money to the rancher.
What do you call a person who deals with cattle?
A cattleman, cattlewoman or cattleperson.
What changed the relationship between cattle ranchers and farmers?
barbed wire
