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The Civil War and construction of railroads affected cattle ranching on the Great Plains negatively. This halted ranching and broke up farms.
Railroads being built in the Great Plains and the public demand for beef helped the cattle business. Long cattle drives bought cattle to the Great Plains.
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They were huge areas of open grassland once occupied by the great American Plains Bison.
Farming in the Great Plains primarily includes crops such as wheat, corn, soybeans, and sunflowers. Livestock farming, particularly cattle ranching, is also common in this region. Due to the flat terrain and fertile soil, the Great Plains is well-suited for large-scale agriculture.
There are many factors that helped the farmers on the great plains to overcome opposition from cattle ranchers. For instance they bought new and improved machinery which improved efficiency in their farming.
Americans didn't think that cattle ranches were practical on the great plains because the cattle had a hard time surviving. The great plains were dry and there was not a lot of grazing land in the 1800s.
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They put up fences. Cattle used to roam freely on the Great Plains. Later, farmers put up barbed wire fences in order to share the land and divide it. The fences ended the cattle drives that were an essential part of the Cattle Kingdom.
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owners branded cattle that roamed freely, and then cowboys rounded them up