stockmen

They tend livestock

Stockmen is the plural of stockman—a person who raises or tends livestock, especially cattle or sheep.

The term is particularly associated with the Australian outback, where stockmen work vast pastoral stations: The stockmen drove the herd across the drought-stricken plains.

In American usage, rancher or cowhand is more common.

ranching

ranch

Livestock-raising estate

homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
rangeExtent of variation
pastureGrazing ground for livestock

grazing · acreage · fencing · corrals · barn · stables · tackroom · branding · roundup · chaps

outback

drover

One who moves livestock

jackarooTrainee on Australian station
ringerImpostor in competition
swagmanAustralian traveling worker

station · run · paddock · billabong · bore · windmill · mustering · camp · saddle · moleskins

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

sheepWoolly farm animal
horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
goatsHorned farm ruminants

herd · flock · mob · bovine · ovine · equine · breeding · husbandry · branding · earmarking

herding

droving

Long-distance livestock walking

musteringGathering or summoning
roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
cattle-driveHerding livestock to market

shepherding · wrangling · penning · mob · drafting · yarding · driving · trailing · pushing · cutting

stockmen

ranch

drover

cattle

droving

stockmen

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