The BLM must pay $4.78 per head per day for the contract extension, according to a report by The Colorado Sun, up from $4.45.
That works out to about $143 per AUM.
The agency receives $1.35 from ranchers for every AUM on public lands liberated by removal of wild horses therefrom, an irrational and unsustainable practice.
The advocates would solve the problem by poisoning the mares with ovary-killing pesticides, leaving everything for the ranchers.
The article said that alfalfa hay is higher in nutrients and more expensive than grass hay or alfalfa-grass mix, which is contrary to experience.
In this area alfalfa usually costs a few dollars less per bale than grass or mix, which explains why it’s a mainstay of diets in off-range corrals.
Some horses cannot adapt to the feed, which is not found in their lawful homes.
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