May 11, 2020 Western AGs ask DOJ to investigate meat packers for possible antitrust violations “Consolidation in the meat packing industry has certainly benefited those companies, but has brought no benefit to ranchers and consumers,” Attorney General Fox said….
May 6, 2020 Plant closures, record low prices decimating ranchers He cited as an example Tyson Foods’ plant at Wallula, Washington. The plant, which employs 1,400 people and processes more than 2,000 cattle per…
April 30, 2020 President Trump uses executive order to keep meat processing facilities running USDA To Implement President Trump’s Executive Order On Meat and Poultry Processors (Washington, D.C., April 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released…
April 30, 2020 La Plata County commissioners blindside residents with proposed development moratorium “It almost gives the sense of not working with businesses, even if that’s not their intent,” said Laura Marchino, executive director of Region 9…
April 24, 2020 Colorado Farm Bureau teams up with food banks to feed those stricken by COVID-19 shutdown “We genuinely care about our communities and our customers,” said Craig who overseas Farm Bureau Insurance offices in each of the counties supported by the…
April 17, 2020 Montana’s elected leaders have been lying about transfer of National Bison Refuge to tribes It was a misguided effort, if not, a “false flag operation.” In other words, it was either a major blunder or an intentional deception…
April 15, 2020 Colorado’s urban elites are trying to force wolves into rural counties Three separate times — 1982, 1989, and 2016 — the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission studied wolf reintroduction and each time adopted formal positions…
April 8, 2020 Beef processors make record profits as cattle ranchers struggle While retail beef prices have surged due to consumers hoarding beef, prices paid ranchers for cattle continue to stay low. State Sen. Ogden Driskill,…
March 31, 2020 Left-wing climate activist behind “doomsday” COVID 19 models These doomsday predictions, based entirely on computer simulations similar to those used in climate studies, were believable enough that national leaders accepted them at…
March 26, 2020 Montana Fish and Wildlife sides with radical environmentalist group against landowners And worse, it’s a sobering message to the thousands of Montanans who provide habitat to wildlife. FWP has made clear it would rather advance…
