It is also not surprising that this type of scientific perversion coincides with a shrinking herd due to excessive drought and competition from imported beef. Poor poor millionaire western cowboys with their hands out asking for more land to damage in the name of conservation.

It's no surprise that the largest proponents of privatizing BLM acres is from cattle ranchers. It should also be no surprise that these ranchers are one of the largest recipients of government monies either through Wildlife Management or tax subsidies from public land grazing permits.

These animals also defecate very differently. Have you seen elk poop? Beef cattle erupt with shit fountains.

This is an issue of science communication and false equivalency.

The reality is... Even if what they claim were true, which it is not, ranchers would need thousands more acres.

There is usually a very good reason why agriculture moved away from the variety, such as days to maturity, production rate, transportability, fungal resistance, climatic tolerance, taste, and uniformity.

There is also no legal definition of heirloom in agriculture. That tells you everything.