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Published: July 18, 2008
Ranchers await ruling on grazing
Courts: 210,000 acres are at issue in state
Feed costs, drought affecting farmers.
By Chris Casteel and Bryan Painter
A federal judge in Seattle will decide Tuesday whether to let ranchers struggling with high feed prices pay a nominal fee to use land protected under a U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation program.

The decision by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour could determine whether 210,000 acres of land in Oklahoma are eligible for haying and grazing.

Coughenour issued a restraining order last week blocki...

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