Op-Ed by Gilles Stockton, Montana Cattlemen’s Association Director Take your pick. You are either “anti-agriculture,” a “radical animal rights activist,” or a member of a “fringe group,” if you believe that the beef checkoff tax should be transparent and accountable. This, at least, is the opinion of Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association…
by Angela Huffman, opinion contributor – 06/16/25 11:30 AM ET (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)A combine loads soybeans into a grain truck in rural Blair, Neb. In January 2019, at the age of 36, I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. Amid all of the fear and worry over my health and my future, my biggest question…
The World’s Largest Meatpacker Jumps On First Day Of NYSE Trading After a decade-long fight with the SEC, Brazil-based JBS is now publicly listed in America, despite the history of corruption by its billionaire board directors Joesley and Wesley Batista. ByChloe Sorvino, Forbes Staff. Chloe Sorvino is a New York-based Forbes staff writer who covers…
Here’s how it has played out in Minnesota. By Sonja Trom Eayrs May 26, 2025 at 4:30PM “Thanks to decades of corporate propaganda, a corporate culture of indifference encourages farmers to look away as thousands of small farmers are forced out of business,” Sonya Trom Eayrs writes. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) A corporate culture of indifference permeates…
GOP senators meet with Kennedy to air MAHA report concerns One person familiar with the meeting said it was a “productive” discussion about high-level issues. Three others described it as “heated.” By Grace Yarrow | 06/10/2025 09:23 PM EDT HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with five GOP senators Tuesday following weeks of farm…
Even in Kansas cattle country, locals are opposing a mega feedlot Calen Moore/Kansas News Service Cattle stand in pens awaiting their feed in a feedlot near Garden City, just west of Larned. Calen Moore/Kansas News Service PAWNEE COUNTY, Kansas (KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) — The western side of Kansas is a great place to produce beef….
New article matching your news alert settings 46 farm, food groups to meet with the White House about MAHA report The groups will meet with officials over the next few weeks. The list includes McDonald’s, Walmart and Amazon. By Grace Yarrow | 06/09/2025 06:44 PM EDT Agriculture groups are not happy with HHS Secretary Robert…
Over thirty years ago, Dr. William Heffernan was traveling the country warning cattle producers of the dangers in contract poultry growing, how it enslaved growers with debt and relegated them to a life of servitude under the boot of corporate integrators. For the most part, except for organizations like R-CALF and the Organization for Competitive…
To end the age of Trump, Democrats must relearn the language and levers of power. by Barry C. Lynn June 1, 2025 American emperors: The tech oligarchs who lined up behind Trump represent the direct merger of private monopoly and the state. Credit: Associated Press When I was a boy in Miami, we didn’t eat…
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