"We see that the ranchers that continue to sell to JBS after the agreement reduced their deforestation rates dramatically and had much lower deforestation rates than properties that sold before the agreement," Gibbs says.
Somebody has told me that pinot noir in Oregon is top notch … I want to make sure that Japanese wine consumers have an opportunity to partake in our excellent Oregon wine," Obama said, adding that the deal could also benefit Oregon ranchers.
Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat from North Dakota, where the number one industry is agriculture, wrote in a statement that farmers and ranchers from her state see the rule as a cause for concern every time she speaks to them.
They used satellite data to monitor deforestation, gathere public data on land registration and survey cattle ranchers on their behavior.
Some of the ranchers Gibbs' team spoke to explained that they could go "right past JBS slaughterhouse and sell to their neighboring slaughterhouse".
Some ranchers dared to hope it was the beginning of the end of the drought.
Mostly, the rule concerns large industries, with exemptions remaining and indeed expanding for farmers, ranchers and foresters, EPA officials have repeatedly stressed.
The extra draw down, coupled with drought, made it impossible for local ranchers to feed and water their herds, said Buck Owens.
One that farmers and ranchers can depend on... Again the senate's already passed a solid bipartisan bill.
The latest shocks to the water system come after decades of overuse by ranchers, cotton farmers, and fast-growing thirsty cities. "We have large urban centres sucking water out of west Texas to put on their lands.
Ranchers in the Dakotas were surprisingly upbeat with only a few inches of snow in the forecast, after intense storms in October 2013 killed at least 43,000 cattle that hadn't yet developed heavy protective winter coats.
