Rounds Legislation Would Seed Cropland Back to Grass

Senator Mike Rounds Introduces RANCH Act to Help Rebuild America’s Cattle Herd

{KXLG - Washington, D.C.} U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today introduced the Rebuilding America’s National Cow Herd (RANCH) Act. This legislation would create a new voluntary grazing land restoration…

RANCH Act Aims to Expand 20M Acres of Grazing Land, Rebuild Cow Herd

Bipartisan senators propose opening 20 million acres to voluntary grazing to help rebuild the nation's shrinking cattle herd.

Rounds announces bill to encourage converting cropland back to pasture

Cattle in a pasture near Saint Onge, South Dakota. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)MITCHELL – Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds unveiled a bipartisan bill Wednesday at Dakotafest that would pay farmers to convert less-productive cropland back to grass and allow the acres to be grazed by livestock all season. The Rebuilding America’s National Cow Herd Act, or RANCH Act, would create a voluntary federal program with an enrollment cap of 20 mi…

Rounds legislation would seed cropland back to grass

U.S. Senators from South Dakota and Minnesota are backing legislation that would add up to 20 million acres of grazing lands by seeding marginal cropland to grass.

RANCH Act aims to help with rebuilding the nation's cattle herd

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., introduced the RANCH Act during Dakotafest on Aug. 19. The act would create a new voluntary grazing land restoration program, opening up to 20 million new acres for grazing.

Rounds Introduces RANCH Act to Help Rebuild America’s Cattle Herd

U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today introduced the Rebuilding America’s…