Ranch
A ranch is a farm for raising cows, horses, sheep or other livestock. Most ranches are large, but they can be any size. The word ranch is from the Spanish word "rancho". It is used in American and Canadian English. People who use a ranch are called ranchers.
A ranch may be on private or public land. The desert areas of the western United States have many ranches, because there is much land that is not very good for crops. There are also many in desert areas of Australia, where they are called stations. Someone who takes care of the livestock may be called a stockman or cowboy.
Ranch Media
View of the Grant-Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana, U.S.
Frijole Ranch (c. 1876) is part of Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, United States.
An 1898 photochrom of a round-up in or near the town of Cimarron, Colorado
Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County, Nevada
The severe winter of 1886–87 brought an end to the open range. Waiting for a Chinook, by C.M. Russell.
Cattle in a dehesa in Bollullos Par del Condado, Spain