The Preventing Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT Act) is the best example of how Congress ducks and weaves, avoiding any level of accountability to their constituents or, worse, to the American people. Thus, we see in the PACT Act the…
"How could such a logical request stir such ire? Because it will affect NCBA’s bottom line. NCBA runs the Federation of State Beef Councils, which gets money from the councils. Thus, if producers give the councils less, less money ends…
We have been sounding the alarm about the negative impact the ELD Mandate will have on American families due to the threat of rising costs and inflation. We have also sounded the alarm about the ELD Mandate and its impact…
America's Cattlemen and Women are "Unfortunate Causalities" in Any Trade War WASHINGTON (April 4, 2018) - Kent Bacus, Director of International Trade and Market Access for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, today issued the following statement regarding the announcement that…
Supposed ‘animal rights’ organizations are not populated with farm experts, that I know of. If they were, I would not be writing this book. In thirty seven years, I have never had an issue over my game fowl, but because…
"Not only did USDA not have the legal authority to implement animal-welfare regulations, but the rule would have also vilified conventionally raised livestock without recognizing our commitment to raise all cattle humanely, regardless of the marketing program they’re in." Greg…
“The Antiquities Act has been abused to designate 'monuments' that grossly exceed the scale envisioned by Congress,” Gibson said. “These land grabs set aside vast areas of federal lands for the purpose of landscape preservation and elimination of resource use…
This article is intended to provide an historical account of these actions and their impacts for the purpose of vindicating the many small and medium-sized farming communities nationwide whose generations-old family farming families have been devastated by these ultra vires…
...a program which has been giving property owners large cash sums if they will agree to 'fallow' their croplands, thus 'banking' (not using) the water to which they have rights, for a given period of time. The term 'banking' is…
The measures have been prompted by what some are calling a conspiracy among large land trusts to scoop up "orphan" easements and use them for profitable means, often against the wishes of the landowners who originally established the easements. Jeff…