A great many cattle ranches are being bought up at astronomical prices. Land around here requires 40 acres to feed a cow and calf in a normal year. That land is selling for $1500 an acre to people that don't want cattle on it. They instead intend to use it for trophy elk and deer hunting. One such nearby place I now of told me a trophy eā¦
A great many cattle ranches are being bought up at astronomical prices. Land around here requires 40 acres to feed a cow and calf in a normal year. That land is selling for $1500 an acre to people that don't want cattle on it. They instead intend to use it for trophy elk and deer hunting. One such nearby place I now of told me a trophy elk hunt there costs about $60,000.
The ass backwards thing is that elk can't and won't eat tall grass but cattle can and will. The elk then follow the cattle and eat the shorter green grass. The elk are moving back onto the prairies.
A great many cattle ranches are being bought up at astronomical prices. Land around here requires 40 acres to feed a cow and calf in a normal year. That land is selling for $1500 an acre to people that don't want cattle on it. They instead intend to use it for trophy elk and deer hunting. One such nearby place I now of told me a trophy elk hunt there costs about $60,000.
The ass backwards thing is that elk can't and won't eat tall grass but cattle can and will. The elk then follow the cattle and eat the shorter green grass. The elk are moving back onto the prairies.
where cattle are still kept.
Our food supply is losing to money!