El Salvador imports over 90% of its beef, and Bukele’s market-opening reforms were meant to break the cartel dynamic. But unless Salvadorans guard the door, the world’s most corrupt meatpacker — JBS — could turn Bitcoin beef into Batista beef.
Super Selectos or Super Cartel? Bukele’s Fight Over Salvadoran Beef
El Salvador eats more beef than it raises. Imports already cover over 90% of demand, with Nicaragua supplying roughly three-quarters and the U.S. a distant second at around 5%. For years, that dependency meant higher prices and little consumer choice. President Nayib...
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Ohio’s Raw Milk Ban Cracks at the Seams: HB 406 Tests a 60-Year Freeze
Ohio’s raw milk ban isn’t about safety—it’s about a 1965 licensing freeze baked into ORC §917.04
. HB 406 would finally break that lock, but unless regulators can enforce fairly, the law risks collapsing—or handing the market back to Big Dairy.
They Rigged the Market, Printed the Money—Then Blamed the Rancher
The beef industry isn’t broken—it’s rigged. Foreign-owned meatpackers fixed prices, crushed ranchers, printed money, and still got you to blame the last honest man in the system.
Forget the Snake Venom— Congress Is About to Write Novo a $35 Billion Medicare Check
Ozempic isn’t “reptile venom,” but the viral meme works as a smokescreen—masking the real fight in Congress over Medicare coverage that could funnel $35 billion to Novo Nordisk. The lawsuits are serious, but the taxpayer blindspot is bigger.
The Dairy Cartel’s Smear Machine: Florida Just Framed a Family Dairy
Florida smeared Keely Farms as an E. coli source — but independent tests came back clean. Another Big Dairy hit job.
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“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...
“We’re Sounding the Alarm”: Oregon’s War on Hayrides, Farm Dinners, and Homemade Jam
In Oregon, it’s still legal to install a solar farm on agricultural land. But don't even think about selling marionberry jam from your neighbor's crop stand, hosting a flower-arranging class, or serving soup under...
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Walmart Isn’t Feeding the Free Market—It’s Managing It
R-CALF USA warns: Corporate control over your dinner plate is nearly complete.
Sovereign Health vs. One Health: Ranchers and Researchers Build a New Path Forward
The fight for health sovereignty begins with food. In this conversation with Health Revival Partners, ranchers and researchers reject the global One Health agenda and offer a grounded, local-first alternative. Sovereign Health is rising—from the soil to the soul.
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“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...
Texas Pushes for Controversial, Searchable Electronic Cattle Registry
For decades, animal rights groups and media have painted ranchers in a negative light—portraying them as cruel, outdated, or inept. Now, this cultural smear campaign has seeped into public policy with Texas bills like HB 147 and HB 1417, proposing a centralized, searchable livestock brand database. Ranchers argue that such a system, under the guise of efficiency, could become a tool for surveillance, control, and forced compliance with global agendas.