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Protecting open space for farmers and ranchers

 Rolls of hay sit in a field.
Benn Riis Ebbesen
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Farm and ranch lands across the West face many threats - like inflation and outside development. But the federal government is working with agricultural producers to preserve open space and the benefits it provides.

The Mountain West News Bureau's Will Walkey Reports.

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