The herds a low for many reasons. There was a bad drought, and the Texas herds are rebuilding. Many shipped their cows south. And would you want a herd when people want to seize your land in the name of a Canadian firm? During a drought?
The herds a low for many reasons. There was a bad drought, and the Texas herds are rebuilding. Many shipped their cows south. And would you want a herd when people want to seize your land in the name of a Canadian firm? During a drought?
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Oh I don’t think I disagree w/ what you’re saying about reasons some ranchers are reducing the size of their herds.
The point I was so poorly making is that ranchers could have larger herds for ranches up north..say WA, OR, ID, WY, NE, MT...as examples...because we are not being hit harder than normal w/ weather related issues.
Having a pipeline or the prospect of having a pipeline run through my grazing land would...especially if I was not adequately paid for the land...or if I was ‘forced’ to sell land I didn’t want to sell...WOULD make me hesitant about having a large herd. But to say that because herds are low that ranchers should be happy to sell land...that’s the point I disagree with.
If you want to sell your property...then you should sell your property. I’m not anti-pipeline. I’m against government seizing private property w/o a particularly compelling reason. I don’t think the Canadian pipeline across US land is a compelling reason.
If the Canadians want to export to China...why aren’t they building the pipeline across their country to a British Columbia seaport?