by Texas Slim | Mar 10, 2026 | Smuggling, Culture, Imports
I TOLD YA’LL A BIG STORY WAS COMING Captain Sidd took me to the seat of the Chinese Mafia. That’s not a metaphor. That’s not a tease. In December 2023, my dear friend Captain Sidd engineered what we called the Ride of Passage — a motorcycle run...
by Beef News | Sep 17, 2025 | Health, Culture, Pharma
He stood on stage, framed by flags and fluorescents, delivering what should have been just another speech. But on September 10, 2025, a single shot cracked through the air at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk collapsed—dead before he hit the floor. The...
by Beef News | Aug 21, 2025 | Health, Business, Culture
“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 every bankrupt ranch is a family trying to survive a...
by Beef News | Jul 23, 2025 | Culture, Farm Policy, Land Rights
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 a tent. Under the Oregon Department of...
by Beef News | Jul 22, 2025 | Farm Policy, Business, Culture, Milk
It starts with a rotary parlor and a thousand cows. Before the sun comes up in Mandan, North Dakota, Dawson Holle is managing crews, driving the semi to pick up corn or straw, and fielding legislative calls from the Capitol. He’s 21. He’s the youngest elected lawmaker...
by Beef News | Jul 11, 2025 | Business, Culture, Farm Policy
The largest meat company in the world isn’t American—and it isn’t clean. It’s JBS , a Brazilian behemoth with a rap sheet that reads like a corporate RICO indictment: bribery, money laundering, price fixing, deforestation, and cartel-linked cattle laundering. Now it’s...