Just ranching, or "modern-day" ranching, if you will.
No
The introduction of barb wire to ranching. This led to range wars over lands and the herds of cattle.
cattle ranching
Cattle 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.
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.
While it is not an absolute, ranching typically refers to breeding and production of new beef calves on open range or pasture, and fattening is the final stage of beef production done in the feedlot. In the case of grass-fed beef, the final stage is done on open range. Ranching is also a word that sometimes is used more in the western US than in other areas. In some places of the west, even crop farms are called ranches.
owners branded cattle that roamed freely, and then cowboys rounded them up
The duration of At Close Range is 1.85 hours.
At Close Range was created on 1986-04-18.
Drop in beef prices and the invention of barbed wire
Drop in beef prices and the invention of barbed wire