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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1529903" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>The government doesn't get much for grazing rights. A subject that comes up fairly often. And it is true the government doesn't get much. However the real cost to the ranchers plenty. Maintaining miles and miles of fence on ground that you can't drive on. You check fence and repair it either horseback or on foot. Checking and maintaining the watering systems. Taking salt out is not a 20 minute job. The distances and terrain make it an all day job. Gathering cattle from a pasture can take weeks. Loses of animals will be higher. That can be predators, humans, and simple accidents (cows do fall off cliffs). A cow that gets sick and gets treated in a pasture situation may very well die because nobody sees her in the big range country. I have read studies that compared the real cost of rented private pasture cost the the real cost of operate on low cost government pasture. The operating cost on the government is slightly higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1529903, member: 498"] The government doesn't get much for grazing rights. A subject that comes up fairly often. And it is true the government doesn't get much. However the real cost to the ranchers plenty. Maintaining miles and miles of fence on ground that you can't drive on. You check fence and repair it either horseback or on foot. Checking and maintaining the watering systems. Taking salt out is not a 20 minute job. The distances and terrain make it an all day job. Gathering cattle from a pasture can take weeks. Loses of animals will be higher. That can be predators, humans, and simple accidents (cows do fall off cliffs). A cow that gets sick and gets treated in a pasture situation may very well die because nobody sees her in the big range country. I have read studies that compared the real cost of rented private pasture cost the the real cost of operate on low cost government pasture. The operating cost on the government is slightly higher. [/QUOTE]
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