Ranch facts for kids

A ranch is a large farm for raising cows, horses, sheep or other livestock. The word ranch is from the Spanish word "rancho". It is used in American and Canadian English.

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.

Images for kids

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  View of the Grant-Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana.

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  Aike Ranch, El Calafate

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  Frijole Ranch (c. 1876) is part of Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, United States

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  A rancho in Jalisco.

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  The historic 101 Ranch in Oklahoma showing the ranchhouse, corrals, and out-buildings.

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  An 1898 photochrom of a round-up in or near the town of Cimarron, Colorado.

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  Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County, Nevada

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  The severe winter of 1886–87 brought an end to the open range. Waiting for a Chinook, by C.M. Russell.

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  Cattle in a dehesa in Bollullos Par del Condado, Spain.

See also

In Spanish: Rancho (finca) para niños