Beginning in 1957, he assembled a farming and ranching enterprise exceeding a million acres, rivaled only by the renowned King Ranch.
The impacts of cessation of grazing on other species or of the loss of ranching enterprises on long-term conservation of un-fragmented rangelands are not considered.
The chapter closes with a discussion of some of the approaches Sonoran ranchers are taking to diversify economically, ranging from branching out into pig and poultry production, to hunting, to eco-tourism and to small-scale off-ranch enterprises.
This article posits that livelihood transitions may be particularly impactful for the pastoralists who are employed in great numbers across the region in private ranches, tourism enterprises, local conservancies, and research centres.
On the other hand, those demanding the grazing of pastures to maintain wildlife and plant habitat may fail to consider that this also requires conserving ranches as viable enterprises, including attendant mobility and year round grazing opportunities, as pastures persist only as part of ranches.
Dolph Briscoe Jr., a former governor of Texas who helped restore credibility to its government after a major scandal and later built his ranching family's already vast enterprise into the largest individual landholder in the state, died Sunday at his home in Uvalde, Tex.
Trophy hunting is more profitable, as an enterprise, than livestock ranching, and a drop in gross income means less in terms of a drop in net returns for trophy hunting than is the case with livestock.
"Deer breeding concerns more of an agricultural enterprise — it is a ranching activity," Mr. Adams said.
Skywalker Ranch, the headquarters of Lucas's enterprises, is that part of the Star Wars universe which juts up above the top layer of the myth, into the real world.
Note that some ranches may only have one forage/grain enterprise operations, while others may have all three enterprises.
