Farm Facts That Feed You

Ranchers …

1. Maintain and introduce habitat to areas they’ve restored including endangered species
2. Use rotational grazing to improve and protect the land.
3. Manage streams and wetlands to create a buffer that helps prevent bank erosion including preventing runoff and improving fish habitat
4. They protect open spaces.
5. Harness solar power to exploit Arizona’s plentiful sun to power ranches and their water supplies for not only their cattle but wildlife.
6. Compost cattle manure into fertilizer products that can be used for golf courses, athletic fields, gardens and out organic farms that must lean on natural fertilizers.
7. Control invasive weeds and reduce plant fuel build-up on grazing lands to avoid forest fires.
8. Feed cattle crops grown locally to reduce the fuel needed for transportation.

Source: Arizona Ranchers and the Arizona Beef Council
Virtual Ag Tour Series: Ranching