NEW YORK – Dan O'Brien, the owner of a 3,200-acre ranch in Rapid City, S.D., had been raising a few buffalo with his wife since 1997. But the hobby was proving costly.
"We wanted to make this a better place for our (buffalo) herds," said the 64-year-old, a wildlife biologist. "The way to do that was to play the business card."
Dan decided to farm buffalo for commercial consumption.
In recent years, bison has become more popular as a healthier alternative to other red meats, because it is leaner and has lower cholesterol.
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