May 1, 2017 New Mexico AG takes on ‘unfair’ cattle industry practices which harm family ranches Attorney General Balderas recently became aware of the possibility of such harm from federal regulations and four mega meatpacking corporations that collectively process approximately…
April 30, 2017 Enabling Act debt basis for BLM transfer of 2,120 acres to State of Montana This most recent part of the process began in 2015 when Montana gave the BLM a wish list identifying more parcels than was necessary…
April 29, 2017 Would $175 per-cow tax save the planet, or leave us in the dark? They say the most harmful gas is methane, and the largest source of methane emissions is cattle. As a result, several states are considering…
April 28, 2017 Bears Ears: The last straw in monuments abuses That law was intended to prevent the looting of archaeological and Native American structures and objects, and it gave the federal government an expeditious…
April 28, 2017 Antiquities Act Review: Restoring land, hope, and economic freedom in the West The grazing allotment used by the Finicums, until the BLM kicked them out, is covered by the Grand Canyon Parashant monument. Therefore, if that…
April 27, 2017 Negative impact of Obamacare much worse for ranchers, farmers than urban Americans “When a replacement plan would have cost us $3800 for an even worse plan, we had two choices: One, go without insurance, putting our…
April 27, 2017 Ryan Bundy sues feds for more than 100 ‘retaliatory’ strip searches while in custody …Bundy describes himself as “a forty-four year old man; happily married with eight healthy children” and says he has been repeatedly forced into solitary…
April 26, 2017 How do you spell ‘Sustainability?’ R-A-N-C-H-I-N-G Cattle also play a positive role in sustaining our prairie grassland ecosystems. By utilizing forages to produce high-quality protein on lands not suited for…
April 25, 2017 Trump, Hatch eye rolling back 2 decades of national monument land grabs It’s worth noting that the areas targeted by Obama in his waning days, including Bears Ears, Gold Butte, Nevada (the location of the Cliven…
April 25, 2017 Farmers look forward to relief from crushing Obama-era EPA regulations By 2050, U.S. farmers and ranchers must rise to the challenge of feeding 2 billion more people than we feed today. We are fully…
