On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about ranch corn nuts type of land use and method of raising livestock.

For information on people who handle cattle on ranches, see Cowboy. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. View of the Grant-Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana.

Ranches generally consist of large areas, but may be of nearly any size. In the western United States, many ranches are a combination of privately owned land supplemented by grazing leases on land under the control of the federal Bureau of Land Management or the United States Forest Service. Ranches that cater exclusively to tourists are called guest ranches or, colloquially, “dude ranches”. Most working ranches do not cater to guests, though they may allow private hunters or outfitters onto their property to hunt native wildlife.

The person who owns and manages the operation of a ranch is usually called a rancher, but the terms cattleman, stockgrower, or stockman are also sometimes used. If this individual in charge of overall management is an employee of the actual owner, the term foreman or ranch foreman is used. A rancher who primarily raises young stock sometimes is called a cow-calf operator or a cow-calf man. The people who are employees of the rancher and involved in handling livestock are called a number of terms, including cowhand, ranch hand, and cowboy. People exclusively involved with handling horses are sometimes called wranglers.