However, only farmers who both plant row crops and graze cattle can afford to do this, said Perry.
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The plan would displace about 30, 000 people and affect tens of thousands more who graze cattle there in the dry season.
For example, the conflict in neighbouring Somalia means that armed nomads often cross the border and move into the region to graze their cattle.
The National Forest Service, from which many ranchers rent grazing land, may require them to graze fewer cattle, in order to encourage native grasses and wildlife.
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Niman's cattle graze on high grass for at least 14 months and then spend 5 months at low-density (83 cattle per acre) feedlots.
Ripe sloes and crab apples line the path that runs along green pasture where sheep and cattle graze happily in the soft rain.
Loliondo's lush hills are where the Maasai take their cattle to graze during the dry season.
One step would be to create small plots in which cattle could graze.
The restored boundaries will allow cattle to graze on some areas, while keeping them out of other areas so species including unusual and rare wild flowers can flourish.
Many of them are hoping for increased federal and state assistance, relying in the meantime on the kindness of friends and neighbors to provide places for their cattle to graze.
Cattle used to graze rare habitats across Surrey during the summer will spend winters on a local farm, under an agreement with the National Trust.
Mr. ROB FISHER (President, Oklahoma City Stockyards): Most of the cattle are turned out on winter wheat to graze all winter, and they sell them in March and April.
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