January 5, 2022 Plaintiff in chicken farm lawsuit fails to cough up evidence of health effects During Hannon’s cross examination of Hostetler, he cited testing that was done by Plateau Environmental Services of the air immediately next to the chicken…
October 27, 2021 Colorado ‘AgrAbility’ program helps people with disabilities work in agriculture “We find that a lot of people with disabilities have problems handing traditionally large livestock. Cows and horses are big animals, and if you…
December 31, 2020 Farmers and Ranchers Win Big Victory Against Radical Center for Biological Diversity Like other environmental extremist groups, CBD frequently files lawsuits to delay implementation of policies they don’t like. Had they succeeded here, CBD would have gained countless new opportunities to file such lawsuits by…
February 25, 2020 Modern farming is so hi-tech, it would blow Bloomberg’s gray matter How do farmers do all this? Well, nowadays it takes some freakishly expensive equipment, some high-grade science, a bit of luck with the weather,…
December 7, 2019 Feds sue California farmer on the basis that dirt in the water violates the law What’s particularly alarming to LaPant and other farmers familiar with his case is that in their view the Corps saw fit to modify the…
November 20, 2019 PACT with the Devil: Animal rights radicals are on the verge of a massive coup The Preventing Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT Act) is the best example of how Congress ducks and weaves, avoiding any level of accountability to…
February 16, 2019 WOTUS revisions take some burden off agriculture “…This proposed rule would also clarify that cropland that is left idle or fallow for conservation or agricultural purposes for any period of time…
November 27, 2017 Water for food production must be highest priority Another concern that came out of the OSU study was that the region’s growing population will ultimately max out the water supplies of several…
July 31, 2017 Animal rights extremists target kids’ 4-H meeting in Canada [paypal_donation_button] Giving human characteristics to animals further muddies the agricultural story and makes it emotional. “When you see pictures of (animals) with sunglasses and…
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…
