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…
Category: general ag
State Investigators Showed Up After She Questioned the Mega-Dairy
Julie Burgod asked questions about a 25,000-head mega-dairy planned for her small South Dakota county. Less than a day after she laid those questions out in public, a Division of Criminal Investigations…
Talking a Big Game on Ranchers While Flooding the Market with Foreign Beef
President Donald Trump and the USDA are making plenty of noise about standing up for American cattle producers. They talk about giving ranchers more power to process and sell their own meat….
UK Paid Farmers to Quit Growing Food Then Blamed the Weather
The UK has provided a clear blueprint for manufacturing a food shortage. What looks like a sudden crisis blamed on weather and geopolitics is the predictable result of years of deliberate policy…
Tucker Carlson Exposes the Farm Crisis with Joe Maxwell
Tucker Carlson sat down with Joe Maxwell, Missouri farmer, former lieutenant governor, and Rural Independence Initiative co-founder, to examine the crisis hitting US cattle producers. The talk focused on recent moves to…
Argentine Beef Recall Exposes the Real Cost of Cheap Imported Meat
Nearly 30,000 pounds of raw Argentine beef have been recalled after entering the U.S. without the required import reinspection, a Class I health hazard designation from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection…
Who Shut Off the Colorado? Drought, Data Centers, and the Resource Heist
The states that depend on the Colorado River face an absolute disaster. Lakes Mead and Powell, the twin giants that store the system’s water, have crashed to record or near-record lows in…
American Ranchers Betrayed in the Race for Cheap Beef Before the Midterms
American ranchers and farmers are sounding the alarm louder than ever, and the frustration is raw. They watch their operations bleed while the government prioritizes foreign suppliers and short-term price relief for…
Trump’s Tariff Lift on Foreign Beef Feels Like a Betrayal for American Cattle Producers
American cattle producers woke up Friday to another gut punch from Washington. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of foreign…
Meat-Packer Consolidation Is Blocking the Herd Rebuild, Crushing Demand, and Hurting Small Ranchers
America’s cattle industry is stuck in a tough spot. The national herd remains near multi-decade lows. Ground beef prices sit at record levels just under $7 per pound. Consumer demand is starting…