Two neighboring Nevada ranch families struggle with a challenge seen by farmers across the Heartland: pressure to sell out to housing developers, and find some other way to make a living. Newly-built “McMansions” are popping up in the arid hills where ranching’s reigned for a hundred years. One family is threatened with being torn apart over their momentous decision; the other may be close to a solution for saving their land and livelihood.
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Nevada became a territory in 1861 and became the nation’s 36th state just three years later. Cattle are the top agricultural commodity in Nevada. And when you think about land in the Silver State...be aware that more than 87% of the state’s land is owned by the federal government.
