Forbes Billionaires: Top US Welfare Ranchers Revealed

Americans love ranchers: gritty ranchers, mom-and-pop ranchers, renegade ranchers — especially those who raise livestock on the vast open prairies of the West through hard work and rugged independence. But there’s another side to the ever-popular rancher mythology—a side the media doesn’t cover and the public never sees.

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