Wyoming ranchers lean on tax break to keep pricey properties
MIKE KOSHMRL, Jackson Hole News & Guide
March 7, 2021
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Gene Linn and his daughter, Laura Meadows, distribute a sled full of hay to livestock at the Linn Ranch near Wilson, Wyo., on Jan. 20, 2021. Recipients included nine Salers cattle, some donkeys and llamas formerly owned by late Jackson Hole resident Steve Romeo. (Kayla Renie/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP)Kayla Renie/AP
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Upon hearing Laura Meadows utter their names, Norman and Handy pushed off toward the Linn family’s small pasture pulling a sleigh full of hay.
The two stout, blond Haflinger horses knew the drill, easily jerking forward hundreds of pounds of cured grass cut off the Serenity Ranch last summer. The hay was bound for the rumens of nine Salers cattle and a handful of rescue donkeys and llamas that hang with the herd. On this Wednesday in late January, Norman and Handy were cooperative and obedient as they went about their afternoon routine. That’s not always the case.