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As President Donald Trump’s administration pushes a pro-ranching agenda, ProPublica and High Country News investigated how public lands grazing has evolved.

Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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ProPublica

The Biggest Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Grazing on Public Lands

Livestock grazing is allowed across 240 million acres of federal land. Our investigation revealed the subsidies propping up ranching, its impact on the environment and the politics underpinning the system.

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@Yoshi@toot.community replied · 5 days ago

@ProPublica Duck.ai produced this to show how great American cowboys are enriching themselves at the expense of taxpayers and farm workers.

Two ranchers, one fat cat and the other a regular cowboy, smile as they grab cash from Uncle Sam while Latino workers sit in the back of a new Ford pickup.

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