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...
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...