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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse complex. They were hired to

Grazing goats are in high demand to devour wild grass and shrubs that are proliferating across California after a drought-busting winter of heavy rain and snow. When the summer heat arrives, that vegetation will dry out and provide fresh tinder for wildfires. Public and private landowners are turning to goats as an environmentally friendly way to clear vegetation instead of using machines or chemical herbicides. But goatherding companies say California’s farmworker overtime law is making it mo...

Companies have historically been allowed to pay goat and sheepherders a monthly minimum salary rather than an hourly minimum wage, but that's all changing.

New overtime rules for goatherds could increase pay to $14,000 a month by next year – and companies say they cannot afford it

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New state labor regulations are making it more expensive to provide goat-grazing services, and herding companies say the rules threaten to put them out of business.

New state labor regulations are making it more expensive to provide goat-grazing services, and herding companies say the rules threaten to put them out of business.

Targeted grazing is part of California’s strategy to reduce wildfire risk because goats can eat a wide variety of vegetation.

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