With the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge ongoing in eastern Oregon, there’s been renewed attention on ranchers’ discontent with federal grazing policy.
A lot has been said about the relatively low prices ranchers are paying to graze their livestock on public lands. Critics say the U.S. taxpayer is subsidizing that.
But as is often the case, the truth isn’t quite so cut and dried. JPR’s Liam Moriarty spoke with Jes Burns with our EarthFix team to try to sort it out.
