Working Cows - Episode 537

How The Ranch Act Helps Grow the Cow Herd

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The deck has been stacked against grass and specifically grazing animals for a while now. The RANCH Act seeks to help alleviate these challenges by creating a working lands payment structure that encourages marginal crop acres to come out of row crop production and open them again for grazing acres. AJ Munger has been involved in the development of this legislation. He joins me to discuss the process of bringing this legislation as well as what it seeks to accomplish and how it could help grow the cow herd in the United States.

Sponsors:

Big Country Genetics

Ranch Right

Graze! Magazine

Seven Weeks Coffee

Relevant Links:

South Dakota Grassland Coalition

South Dakota Grasslands Initiative

Central Grasslands Roadmap

RANCH Act

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