They’re cutting herd sizes and looking for other pastures according to a story posted yesterday by Capital Press of Salem, OR.
Operating their businesses on their own land, while paying the going rate to feed their animals, apparently is not an option.
Congress directed the BLM and Forest Service to offer vacant allotments to permittees affected by drought or wildfire in the FY 2022 omnibus spending bill.
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