livestock ranching
Raising grazing animals
Livestock ranching is the large-scale raising of animals—typically cattle, sheep, or horses—on extensive tracts of land.
Unlike farming, which emphasizes crops or confined animal husbandry, ranching involves grazing herds across open range or pastureland: Her family has been in livestock ranching for four generations.
The term emphasizes the land-based, pastoral nature of the operation.
- meat industryLivestock-to-food sector
- cowboy cultureHeritage of cattle ranchers
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
- grazingFeeding on pasture
wool trade · indigenous practices · sheep · llamas · grasslands · herding · pigs · alpacas · dairy production · homesteading · feedlots · savannas · buffalo · goats · veterinary care · leather goods · breeding · arid regions
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
livestock ranchingcrop farming
Growing plants for harvest
crop cultivation · grain farming · horticulture · vegetable farming · cereal production
livestock ranchingwildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
wilderness preservation · rewilding · nature reserve · land conservation · national park
livestock ranchingwildlife protection
Preserving wild animals, habitats
animal liberation · hunting · veganism · animal rights activism
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