by Beef News | Jul 1, 2025 | Climate, Business, Farm Policy
“Property taxes are what’s putting families out of business. This bill makes that worse. And you’re backing it because of a death tax talking point?” — Trent Loos It was supposed to be about death tax relief. Instead, the Senate’s sweeping agriculture-and-tax...
by Beef News | Jun 29, 2025 | Farm Policy, Land Rights
In 1998, the USDA told the truth. Then they buried it. Before “regenerative” became a buzzword and “climate-smart” became a cover story, a group of farmers, researchers, and rural advocates delivered a warning—and a way out. Their 120-page report, A Time to Act, was...
by Beef News | Jun 27, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
Updated: June 28, 2025 America’s ranchers are being choked out—not by drought, not by demand, but by design. Everyone in the Food Freedom movement knows the meatpacking industry is dominated by the Big Four—Tyson, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef. What fewer realize is...
by Beef News | Jun 26, 2025 | Farm Policy, Health
They infected the milk in a lab.They kept it cold.Then they told you to be afraid of your local farm. Welcome to the latest installment of “weaponized food fear.” On June 3, 2025, AgDaily published the headline: “Live bird flu virus can survive in raw milk for a...
by Beef News | Jun 20, 2025 | Land Rights, Farm Policy, Technology
UPDATE: Rep. Harriet Hageman defended the Senate proposal in a June 21 column, emphasizing that any land sales would require consultation with governors, tribal governments, and local officials. She framed the bill as a targeted solution for housing shortages, not a...
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...
