Buying used equipment online has become routine. Farmers and contractors routinely spend tens of thousands of dollars on tractors, excavators, skid steers and other machines they first discover online, sometimes without ever…
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Trump’s Dyed Diesel Is a Pathetic Pittance to Appease Rural America
President Donald Trump stood in Grand Island, Nebraska, on October 5 and signed an executive order letting people temporarily buy red-dyed diesel for highway use while deferring the federal excise tax through…
Dear Farmers, It’s Not Your Fault
You got up before the sun. You checked the cattle in a freezing wind. You planted when the window was two days wide and the forecast was a liar. You ran the…
America Put a Casino in Every Pocket and Now We’re Seeing the Cost
In less than a decade, America has conducted one of the largest gambling experiments in modern history. A product once largely confined to casinos, racetracks and illegal bookmakers is now available 24…
Paving Paradise? What Ending the Roadless Rule Means for Rural America
On August 18, 2026, the USDA announced its intent to fully rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The move would open roughly 45 million acres of inventoried roadless areas on national…
Trump $100,000 Truth API Subscription Raises Concerns of Insider Trading
On August 1, 2026, Trump Media & Technology Group launched Truth API, a paid data feed that delivers posts from Truth Social’s highest-ranking accounts, most notably President Donald Trump’s, to subscribers milliseconds…
When the Market Collapses, Should Taxpayers Pay to Bulldoze Orchards?
Few images capture the contradictions of modern agriculture quite like healthy fruit trees being ripped from the ground while taxpayers help pay the bill. That is exactly what is happening in California…
Trump Administration Accelerates AI Data Center Push on Federal Lands Despite Widespread Opposition
The Trump administration is moving full speed ahead with plans to build massive AI data centers on federal lands across the country. From Nevada to Kentucky, Ohio, and beyond, public resources are…
BLM Greenlights First AI Data Center on Public Lands, Setting a Dangerous Precedent for Rural America
The Bureau of Land Management has approved the construction of the Townsite Data Center on 88.5 acres of public land near Boulder City, Nevada. This marks the first time a data center…
USDA Moves to Resume Mexican Cattle Imports Amid Ongoing Screwworm Cases in US
The United States Department of Agriculture announced it will end its yearlong ban on live cattle imports from Mexico, with a phased reopening of southern border ports scheduled to begin on August…