Deseret Cattle & Citrus, a diverse cow/calf operation that spans 290,000 acres across Orange, Brevard and Osceola counties in Central Florida, is a 2010 regional Environmental Stewardship Award winner representing Region II * of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. The ranch, home of the largest cow/calf herd in the country, is managed by Erik Jacobsen and has been owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the past 60 years. The operation stocks some 44,000 cows, 1,300 bulls and weans about 32,000 calves a year, while additionally utilizing land for uses such as citrus trees, sod production, row crops, fishing and hunting.
It's great to hear about ranches doing good for the land rather than destroying it a la Brazilian rainforests
beckiezra 9 months ago