Article: Ranchers in crisis.(Interview)

There is a large ranch that lies just off of Highway 24, near 100 Mile House in the interior of B.C. It's around 500 acres of land, including 70 acres of upland fields and 80 acres of meadow. Some of the land is leased out but most is used by Pete and Nichi Bonter, owners of O'Neil Creek Ranch. They run a Hereford-Angus cross cow/calf operation. In order to make ends meet, Pete takes off-ranch jobs: firefighting, logging truck driver, excavator operator. During the summer months, Nichi works part-time. Ginny-Lou Alexander interviewed the Bonters on their ranch.

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