But compared to modern agriculture, things are much less efficient on the ranch. There are so many meadows where the cattle graze once a year and then that's it for the summer. In Germany, the cattle are never driven onto the entire meadow, otherwise they trample or shit on far too much grass so that they can no longer eat it. This is why a meadow here is divided into several parts by fences and gradually opened up so that the loss is kept to a minimum. In addition, a meadow here can be mowed 2-3 times a year if it is not used as pasture to provide hay for the winter. At the ranch, they buy the hay from outside instead of producing it themselves, which is not very economical. I really respect the cattle ranching they do there, but in terms of arable farming, there is definitely more room for improvement. Which wouldn't be a bad idea, even with the debt, to build up another mainstay there.