by Beef News | Jun 20, 2025 | Land Rights, Farm Policy, Technology
The fence post is still there, hammered into the high desert decades ago. On the other side: land meant to fund local schools, stewarded by state agencies, and managed under trust law. Today, it sits untouched—not because no one needs it. But because someone sued....
by Beef News | Jun 19, 2025 | Beef Maps, Farm Policy, Land Rights
A new provision buried in the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1) would mandate the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land across 11 Western states over the next five years. This accounts for approximately 0.5% to...
by Beef News | Jun 17, 2025 | Immigration, Farm Policy
They paused the raids. Then un-paused them. For a moment, it looked like meatpackers and hoteliers had secured a get-out-of-jail-free card—courtesy of last-minute lobbying and soft-handed memos. But less than 72 hours later, the White House yanked the leash back....
by Beef News | Jun 15, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
UPDATED ON JUNE 17, 2025: Trump doubles-back and continues ICE raids in the agricultural sector. On June 13, 2025, Brazilian meat giant JBS quietly slipped onto the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JBSAY, fulfilling its long-sought ambition to tap American...
by Beef News | Jun 14, 2025 | Technology, Farm Policy, Health
Starting summer 2026, England will require all newborn calves to have electronic ID (EID) tags, replacing visual-only ear tags for effective disease tracing through a new cattle movement reporting system — a sweeping modernization of livestock tracking that aims to...
by Beef News | Jun 14, 2025 | Farm Policy, Business, Health
In an extraordinary reversal on May 6, 2025, North Carolina lawmakers scrapped a proposed ban on raw milk sales in the annual Farm Act, opting instead to study broader availability after a wave of bipartisan pressure and public outrage. Once condemned by Agriculture...
