USDA paused loans, label approvals, and market reports—gutting small producers mid-harvest. Meanwhile, Cargill kept selling imported beef as “Product of USA.” Welcome to the cartel economy.
Shutdown for Us, Labels for Them: Inside the USDA’s Two-Tier System
“Yesterday, we were informed that the USDA staff responsible for approving our labels … are considered ‘non‑essential.’ So you’re telling us … we have to put the development and sale of our AMERICAN beef products on hold, while the Big Packers can continue selling...
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The $10 Billion Beef Mirage: Taiwan Buys Big, Ranchers Still Lose
How Taiwan’s Ag Deal Masks a USDA Trade Skim—While U.S. Ranchers Get Nothing
The $25 Million Feedback Loop: How NCBA Captured the U.S. Beef Industry
Every rancher pays in. Only the cartel cashes out.
Who Killed Charlie Kirk? Synthetic Hormones, Ideology and the Biochemistry of Violence
A nation can only withstand so much malnutrition before the collapse becomes visible. Synthetic hormones, seed oils, and ultra-processed food aren’t just wrecking our bodies—they’re warping the minds of a generation.
You’ve Been Eating PFAS: Biosolids, Beef, and the Deep State’s Dirty War on Agriculture
Congress created the sludge, spread the chemicals, and now it’s seizing farms while blocking the one report that could expose it all.
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They Rigged the Market, Printed the Money—Then Blamed the Rancher
“U.S. beef producers need to stop whining and just lower prices.” That’s not analysis—it’s exactly the kind of ignorance the meatpackers count on. But behind every overpriced steak is a rigged cartel—and behind...
“A Weapon of Market Destruction”: How Captive Supply and USDA Collusion Killed the American Cattleman
Republished from Mike Calicrate's NoBull Concentration and Consolidation has Destroyed the World’s Food Systems In 2000, IBP president and CEO, Robert Peterson said, “Those who fight consolidation in the food...
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“Pesticide Immunity Is Built on a Lie”: Dr. Alexandra Muñoz on the Hidden Chemistry of Section 453
The EPA doesn’t test pesticides—it trusts the companies that make them. And when those companies have a history of falsifying data, the label isn’t science. It’s marketing.
Walmart Isn’t Feeding the Free Market—It’s Managing It
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“Get Big or Get Out”: The Year They Canceled the American Farmer
In 1971, CBS wiped rural America off the screen—not because ratings dropped, but because elites wanted a new narrative. At the same time, the USDA told family farmers to “get big or get out,” triggering mass consolidation and collapse. The result was a nation where the people who feed us lost both their market—and their myth.
“We’re Swapping Steak for Subsidies”: Trent Loos Warns How Tax Credits and Imports Are Killing the American Beef Pipeline
The U.S. imported over 4.6 billion pounds of beef in 2024—while exports fell and domestic infrastructure crumbled. Trent Loos warns this isn’t just a market shift; it’s a calculated erosion of America’s food independence. With Australia and Brazil flooding the supply chain, the real question is: who’s still raising your beef?
Trent Loos Exposes the Truth Behind the Maude Family Arrest: Here’s What Happened
In 2024, Charles and Heather Maude were arrested in front of their young children over a fence line dispute and accused of stealing federal land. Now, with charges dropped by the Trump administration, Dakota Trails and Tales host Trent Loos is asking the deeper questions. He points to a troubling pattern of executive overreach that led to the ordeal in the first place.
Barriers to Entry: Tariffs, US Cattlemen, and Beef Maps
Imported beef. Rigged labels. Four corporations controlling your food. This episode of Beef Maps X Spaces exposes the true barriers keeping American ranchers out—and shows how BeefMaps.com is flipping the system on its head. Real ranchers, real connections, no middlemen.
In-Depth Review of Biden’s USDA Spending Sheds Light on Trump’s Cuts
Retrospective Policy Paper by Door to Freedom A lot of ink has been spilled over the USDA's recent cancellation of a $1.1 Billion program intended to provide fresh, locally raised food to schools, food pantries, and disadvantaged individuals. The program...