05-25-2018, 09:27 PM
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2 hours ago, heavyhorse said:
Row crops notwithstanding (dirt farming), anywhere but in Texas, livestock producers are Farms. "Ranches" are real estate developments, houses on 5 - 15 acres. "All hat and no cattle", sold by some guy called "Country Bob" with a hat and horse. So many farms (including where I grew up) are now cut up into "Ranches" for come-here's.
King Ranch, 911,215 acres
Briscoe Ranches, 560,000 acres
Waggoner Ranch, 535,000 acres
O’Connor Family Ranches, 500,000 acres
Hughes Ranch, 390,000 acres
Longfellow Ranch, 384,000 acres
Nunley Brothers Ranches, 301,500 acres
Corn Ranch, 290,000 acres
06 Ranch, 278,000 acres
Four Sixes Ranches, 275,000 acres