All ranchers report that the development of rural residential subdivisions increases the difficulties and, consequently, the cost of ranching. It becomes an even greater problem when the subdivisions adjoin ranching operations. One ranching family reports they now have two adjoining subdivisions that will eventually make ranching impossible. Faced with this certainty, the incentive is strong to subdivide earlier rather than later when additional land use restrictions might make subdividing more difficult or less profitable and when objections from residents of the adjoining subdivisions could raise obstacles to subdividing of the adjoining ranch. Sig Jaastad