September 17, 2017 Maine leads charge in ‘food sovereignty’ movement In other words, like many – if not most – government bureaus, the US Department of Agriculture effectively regulates to the benefit of large…
September 2, 2017 Beyond Wildfires: Why the Forest Service needs serious reforms We need a plan to address the landscape when a fire comes, before the fire burns. This way there is no confusion on where or how…
August 29, 2017 EPA Chief Pruitt demands science over activism, and enviros hate him for it Some activists want to ban virtually all pesticides. Although chlorpyrifos meets the EPA’s extremely stringent safety standards, two such groups nevertheless petitioned EPA to…
August 25, 2017 How environmental regulations are turning farmers into criminals for farming Duarte drew the government’s ire because a bureaucrat happened to drive by his property during his plowing and mistook it for “deep ripping” which,…
August 2, 2017 How this NOAA agent defended a farmer against overzealous feds in ESA case [paypal_donation_button] The farmer explained that he asked federal biologists how to fix the problem and they told him they could not help him unless…
July 30, 2017 Colorado native, former NRA liaison considered for key USDA position [paypal_donation_button] …the Trump Administration is tasked with reintroducing Americans to the fact that national forests exist to support agribusiness, such as timber and grazing,…
July 25, 2017 Ten years ago, this Idaho rancher stood up to the feds, and won Like most Western ranch companies, Joyce runs cattle on federal lands along with its own. That has led to conflicts. Paul Nettleton took the…
June 19, 2017 Trump team works to restore agricultural sectors, revitalize rural America “While much of the country has recovered from the recent recession, large areas of rural America have not fared as well. Nationally, 85 percent…
May 23, 2017 Intimidation to Regulation: Animal rights radicals use law to attack pet stores This is a very real concern for breeders and pet stores who have been harassed by animal rights extremists. This is the same personal…
May 20, 2017 Congress must advance WRPA to stop government extortion of water rights Land managers in the West increasingly demand that ranchers who work federal land surrender their water rights to the government or get off the…
