February 27, 2020 California ballot initiative could tax family farms and ranches into oblivion Most food items will face higher property taxes several times, as they travel from the farm to processing, packaging, distribution, and grocery store. Agriculture…
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,…
February 19, 2020 Maryland Farmer stands up to IRS, exposes “seize first, question later” property grab tactics Strapped with pistols and carrying government IDs, two Treasury agents walked onto a Maryland farm on a cold winter morning in 2012, and asked…
February 17, 2020 Rural Utah leader explains, “Nothing hurt the land more than monument designation” Pollock told me he thinks nothing hurt the land more than the monument designation. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management already managed the area,…
February 12, 2020 Green New Deal: Destroyer of economies and the environment The Green New Deal is anything but ‘clean’ or ‘green.’ Even the relatively modest numbers of solar and wind installations in the United States…
February 8, 2020 Bears Ears National Monument: Myths vs. Facts FACT: The BLM does not allow oil and gas leasing within BENM. The monument is withdrawn from disposition under all laws relating to mineral…
February 4, 2020 Feral horses and burros pose “existential threat” to western rangelands When managed wisely, wild horses and burros can thrive in the American West. However, left uncontrolled, herds quickly overpopulate their habitat, overgraze the land…
February 1, 2020 NEPA has made lawyers rich but has done nothing to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure The NEPA process, intended to create a better forum to resolve disputes, so projects could be built more responsibly, has instead become a powerful…
January 30, 2020 After humiliating ouster, disgraced BLM top cop drops bid to be reinstated The news of Woody’s permanent departure comes five months after he filed an age discrimination and disability complaint against the Interior Department that demanded…
January 29, 2020 Predator awareness training enhances cows’ defensive posture instinct These actions do not stay specific to horses alone. They apply to livestock as well. As I said above the act of desensitizing when…
