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A RANCHER ISN'T EASY.
IT'S HARD WORK,
AND OFTEN DOESN'T PAY.
SO MORE AND MORE
YOUNG ADULTS ARE
LEAVING THE INDUSTRY.
BUT WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN FOR YOUR
GROCERY BILL, AND YOUR
DINNER PLATE?
KOAT ACTION 7
NEWS REPORTER ALANA
GRIMSTAD WENT TO RANCH
CAMP AT THE VALLES
CALDERA TO FIND OUT.
FOOD...WE CAN'T LIVE
WITHOUT IT.
Beef producers are
feeding everybody.
AND THESE TEENS ARE
MAKING SURE WE DON'T
HAVE TO.
We enjoy providing
for others.
NEW MEXICO RANCHERS
ARE GETTING OLDER, AND
RETIRING...
I don't know what I'm
going to do with my
life yet.
MANY OF THEIR KIDS AND
GRANDKIDS ARE CHOOSING
NOT TO CONTINUE THE
FAMILY FARMS...
It's a dying breed.
AND RANCHES ARE
LOCKING THEIR GATES
FOR GOOD.
These are some skills
that could be lost.
MANY OF THESE YOUNG
MEN AND WOMEN GREW UP ON
RANCHES, RAISED BY
RANCHERS.
Quite a long line of
ranchers actually.
THEY'RE HERE AT COWBOY
CAMP TO LEARN ALL
ABOUT THE INDUSTRY.
IT'LL HELP THEM DECIDE
IF THEY CAN CARRY ON
THE TORCH.
BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T
...
Then we'd have to
sell it and that would
be the end of the
legacy in New Mexico.
Ranchers say if the
industry continues on
this path, the supply
of meat is going to go
way down, which means
for us--the
consumers--the price
of meat is going to go
way up.
Agriculture overall
is a large economic
player in the state so
it benefits
everybody.
AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD
STARTS RIGHT HERE.
It's really important
to me and all my other
brothers that we
continue the legacy
that our ancestors
have done for hundreds
of years.
AT THE VALLES CALDERA,
ALANA GRIMSTAD KOAT
ACTION 7 NEWS.
THE NEW MEXICO
BEEF COUNCIL SAYS THE
RECENT DROUGHT MEANS
THERE ISN'T ENOUGH
GRASS TO FEED THE
CATTLE,
AND HERD SIZES
ARE DOWN
FORTY-PERCENT.
THAT'S HURTING