Prairie Burns for Pay

By Sylvia Maria Gross on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.

The rising price of corn and other livestock feed grains has Midwestern cattle ranchers getting creative about supplementing their income.

Each year, rancher Jan Jantzen charges tourists 120 dollars to help him perform a controlled burn on his prarie land in Emporia, Kansas. Sylvia Maria Gross of KCUR visited Jantzen’s ranch to bring us this story.

You can listen to this piece at the Public Radio Exchange.

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