Sunday 13 February 2022

As prices soar, Congress keeps giving ranchers a sweetheart deal

As prices soar, Congress keeps giving ranchers a sweetheart deal

Inflation may be at a 40-year high, but the cost of grazing livestock on public lands is lower today than it was 40 years ago. Last week, the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service announced the latest federal rate: just $1.35. Adjusted for inflation, ranchers paid more than five times as much in 1981.
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/02/inflation-cattle-livestock-ranchers-free-ride-federal-grazing-fees/?source=Snapzu

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