Breaking news, investigative reporting, and market intelligence for independent American ranchers and the rancher direct beef movement.https://beefnews.org/en-ustslimmedia@gmail.com (Beef News)tslimmedia@gmail.com (Beef News)60https://beefnews.org/they-couldnt-buy-him-so-they-bought-his-seat/https://beefnews.org/they-couldnt-buy-him-so-they-bought-his-seat/Thomas Massie put the PRIME Act in the Farm Bill nineteen days before $32.6 million in foreign lobbying money ended his career. The movement that just won a legislative victory lost its only legislator. What comes next is on us.Thu, 21 May 2026 05:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyThomas MassiePRIME ActFarm Billantitrustmeatpackinghttps://beefnews.org/the-state-sold-his-winter-pasture-to-a-danish-energy-conglomerate/https://beefnews.org/the-state-sold-his-winter-pasture-to-a-danish-energy-conglomerate/Arizona's state land fiduciary mandate — accelerated by Governor Hobbs' executive order and a $26M solar auction economy — is structurally designed to displace ranching. Casey Murph's fifth-generation operation is the latest to face eviction for a Danish-owned solar project. The public comment window is still open.Sun, 17 May 2026 05:00:00 GMTInvestigativeArizonasolarstate landranchingØrstedCasey Murphland rightsASLDfood sovereigntyNavajo Countyhttps://beefnews.org/nine-days-doj-names-them-trump-family-dines-with-them-white-house-flies-one-to-beijing/https://beefnews.org/nine-days-doj-names-them-trump-family-dines-with-them-white-house-flies-one-to-beijing/Within nine days of the DOJ's public confirmation of a criminal antitrust probe into the Big Four beef processors, Donald Trump Jr. shared a stage with JBS's controlling shareholder at a Manhattan dinner while Cargill's CEO — another named subject — flew to Beijing as the administration's sole agriculture representative. The investigation is active. The access is documented. The precedent for enforcement without remedy is established.Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:00 GMTInvestigativeDOJantitrustBig FourJBSCargillTysonNational BeefTrumpBeijingmeatpackingcattlebeef pricesmarket concentrationhttps://beefnews.org/doj-confirms-big-four-meatpackers-under-antitrust-investigation/https://beefnews.org/doj-confirms-big-four-meatpackers-under-antitrust-investigation/The DOJ confirmed on May 4, 2026 that the Big Four meatpackers — controlling 85% of U.S. beef processing — are under active antitrust investigation, with 3 million documents reviewed and criminal tracks running parallel to civil. Bloomberg's supply-shock narrative explains today's prices. Forty years of structural concentration explains who pays for them tomorrow.Wed, 06 May 2026 03:00:00 GMTAntitrustDOJTodd BlancheBrooke RollinsantitrustmeatpackingBig FourJBSTysonCargillNational Beefcattlebeef pricesmarket concentrationBeefMapshttps://beefnews.org/315-farms-filed-bankruptcy-in-2025-160-000-just-disappeared/https://beefnews.org/315-farms-filed-bankruptcy-in-2025-160-000-just-disappeared/Farm bankruptcies jumped 46% in 2025. The real number is the 160,000 who exited without filing — absorbed into a consolidating system that benefits packers, not producers. Record debt, flat income, and a structural architecture designed to accelerate exits tell the same story: this is what managed decline looks like.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTPolicyfarm bankruptciesconsolidationmeatpacker monopolyUSDAChapter 12Big Fourrancher sovereigntyBeefMaps​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​https://beefnews.org/one-farmer-one-file-one-surveillance-contract-palantir-and-usda-join-forces/https://beefnews.org/one-farmer-one-file-one-surveillance-contract-palantir-and-usda-join-forces/The USDA is calling it modernization. What it actually is: a sole-source contract handing one intelligence-adjacent private company permanent control over the digital backbone of every farmer's federal relationship — with no competitive bid, no exit ramp, and a full rollout date of 2028.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyPalantirUSDAhttps://beefnews.org/plains-on-fire-march-30-2026-national-field-report/https://beefnews.org/plains-on-fire-march-30-2026-national-field-report/A real-time accounting of who is hurting, where the pressure is coming from, and where support needs to land before more operations liquidate.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTCowboy TalkField reportFiresNebraskaR-CALFhttps://beefnews.org/red-white-and-bullsht-pt-2-how-the-usda-built-a-marketing-campaign-for-a-label-n/https://beefnews.org/red-white-and-bullsht-pt-2-how-the-usda-built-a-marketing-campaign-for-a-label-n/The 2026 voluntary rule closed the lie — you can't call Argentine trimmings "Product of USA" anymore. But a packer who doesn't want to label simply doesn't, and right now 80,000 metric tons of foreign trimmings are flowing into your ground beef with no label required at all.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessArgentinaRollinsUSDAWTOhttps://beefnews.org/nextera-energy-secures-nearly-60-greenville-land-leases-for-massive-wind-turbine/https://beefnews.org/nextera-energy-secures-nearly-60-greenville-land-leases-for-massive-wind-turbine/Questions remain after NextEra has declined to comment publicly on its plans, and no details have been released on the number of turbines, total capacity, timeline, or exact footprint.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTClimatehttps://beefnews.org/michigan-loses-100000-acres-of-farmland-in-2024-alone/https://beefnews.org/michigan-loses-100000-acres-of-farmland-in-2024-alone/State lost 670,000 acres of farmland between 2002 and 2022Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyMichiganhttps://beefnews.org/farmers-first-is-a-lie/https://beefnews.org/farmers-first-is-a-lie/While local FSA offices told ranchers they’d “heard nothing” about the $700 million USDA Regenerative Pilot Program, Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien — backed by BlackRock and Vanguard — was already positioning to capture $300 million of it. Farmers First, indeed.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessRegenerativeTrent LoosTrumphttps://beefnews.org/no-guardrails-none-how-a-single-sba-size-standard-launders-big-ag-subsidies-as-s/https://beefnews.org/no-guardrails-none-how-a-single-sba-size-standard-launders-big-ag-subsidies-as-s/How a single size standard launders Big Ag subsidies as small business aid — and why every "fix" without redefinition is theater.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessCustom ProcessorsGreg GunthorpMeat ProcessingPanhandle Meat ProcessingRedbanks Beef FarmTir BluenUSDAWalmarthttps://beefnews.org/the-green-shoot-america-cant-afford-to-miss/https://beefnews.org/the-green-shoot-america-cant-afford-to-miss/The U.S. beef cow herd just flashed its first expansion signal since 2017. Here's why it won't matter — unless Washington acts in the next 18 months.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyBiologyHeifer RetentionSenate Democratshttps://beefnews.org/the-ride-of-passage-i-rode-into-the-golden-triangle-so-your-beef-didnt-have-to/https://beefnews.org/the-ride-of-passage-i-rode-into-the-golden-triangle-so-your-beef-didnt-have-to/I went to the Golden Triangle in December 2023 because I needed to see the machine with my own eyes. By 2025, the world finally caught up.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTCultureCaptain SiddCorruptionHuman TraffickingKings Roman CasinoSmugglingThailndhttps://beefnews.org/jbs-is-playing-with-fire-and-cattle-markets-know-it/https://beefnews.org/jbs-is-playing-with-fire-and-cattle-markets-know-it/A 99% strike vote. Collapsed bargaining. A 7-day clock ticking toward midnight. The biggest meatpacking plant in Colorado is days away from going dark — and taking futures with it.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTJBSCorbett WallFeeder FlashFuturesJBShttps://beefnews.org/break-up-the-bottleneck-washington-finally-notices-the-meat-cartel-right-as-amer/https://beefnews.org/break-up-the-bottleneck-washington-finally-notices-the-meat-cartel-right-as-amer/America’s cattle herd is at a 75-year low—right as Washington finally decides to confront the meatpacking cartel. When supply collapses and four companies control the kill floor, the bottleneck becomes the market.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyBig 4 PackersChuck SchumerGreeleyJBSLabor strikeSenate Democratshttps://beefnews.org/lubbock-feeders-seventy-years-then-the-dependence-broke/https://beefnews.org/lubbock-feeders-seventy-years-then-the-dependence-broke/For seventy years, Lubbock Feeders moved cattle across the South Plains like clockwork — until the feeder pipeline it depended on ran dry. When a closed border collided with the smallest U.S. herd since 1951, a 50,000-head machine discovered just how fragile modern cattle infrastructure has become.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessFeedyardsimportsLubbock FeedersProcessinghttps://beefnews.org/chemical-lock-in/https://beefnews.org/chemical-lock-in/For decades, we’ve assumed modern food production requires chemical intensity. The evidence suggests the real constraint isn’t the soil — it’s the system.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessChemical AgGlyphosateInsuranceMonocroppingOrganicRegenerativeRodale Institutehttps://beefnews.org/branded-in-the-forest-how-conflict-beef-from-nicaragua-infiltrates-u-s-grocery-c/https://beefnews.org/branded-in-the-forest-how-conflict-beef-from-nicaragua-infiltrates-u-s-grocery-c/Branded in the Forest: How Conflict Beef from Nicaragua Infiltrates U.S. Grocery ChainsSat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://beefnews.org/the-herd-wont-grow-on-hope-regenerative-policy-needs-rancher-directed-capital-to/https://beefnews.org/the-herd-wont-grow-on-hope-regenerative-policy-needs-rancher-directed-capital-to/Grazing access is back—but without capital, it’s a hollow win. Until ranchers have real liquidity, the herd won’t grow, and regeneration stays stuck at the press release stage.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBetterFedFoods.comBreeauna SagdalCapitalFunding for AgRegenerative AgricultureSteve Williamshttps://beefnews.org/the-infinite-note-how-the-fed-turned-texas-cattle-into-collateral-forever/https://beefnews.org/the-infinite-note-how-the-fed-turned-texas-cattle-into-collateral-forever/A 90-day cattle note in 1914 became a 50-year obligation by 1933—rolled, bundled, and refinanced under federal contract. This is how finite cow paper turned into a permanent debt engine that trapped American ranchers for generations.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTFarm Policyhttps://beefnews.org/branded-in-the-rainforest-how-conflict-beef-from-nicaragua-infiltrates-u-s-groce/https://beefnews.org/branded-in-the-rainforest-how-conflict-beef-from-nicaragua-infiltrates-u-s-groce/Branded in a rainforest, passed through forged papers, and sold as “Product of USA”—this is how conflict beef ends up in your burger.Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTHealthhttps://beefnews.org/the-finite-era-how-texas-kept-ranch-debt-honest/https://beefnews.org/the-finite-era-how-texas-kept-ranch-debt-honest/Before the Federal Reserve, the cow—not the bank—called the tune.Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinesshttps://beefnews.org/foreign-money-domestic-meat-how-jbs-bought-washington-through-the-back-door/https://beefnews.org/foreign-money-domestic-meat-how-jbs-bought-washington-through-the-back-door/While the DOJ investigates beef monopolies, JBS is quietly moving political money through PAC transfers that vanish from public view—shielded by foreign ownership and a legal gray zone.Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinesshttps://beefnews.org/the-fence-that-british-bonds-built-how-foreign-capital-captured-3-million-acres/https://beefnews.org/the-fence-that-british-bonds-built-how-foreign-capital-captured-3-million-acres/In 1882, Texas traded three million acres of open range for a building made of stone. The Syndicate that took it didn’t ride horses. They moved gold across wires and wrapped barbed wire around the West. It was legal. It was brilliant. And it marked the beginning of the end for the frontier.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinesshttps://beefnews.org/in-2000-usda-sided-with-packers-now-trumps-probe-has-blown-the-lid-off/https://beefnews.org/in-2000-usda-sided-with-packers-now-trumps-probe-has-blown-the-lid-off/Trump’s DOJ probe just cracked open a 25-year coverup—where USDA and meatpackers killed labeling laws to protect foreign beef profits.Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessAntitrustBig 4DOJJBSPrice Fixinghttps://beefnews.org/the-bison-corridor-how-we-defeated-extinction-and-how-we-can-again/https://beefnews.org/the-bison-corridor-how-we-defeated-extinction-and-how-we-can-again/History repeats when the people forget what they used to eat.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBitcoin HistoricoCharles GoodnightEl SalvadorJA RanchJBShttps://beefnews.org/the-125-trillion-cow-cull-how-bidens-natural-capital-agenda-turned-americas-rang/https://beefnews.org/the-125-trillion-cow-cull-how-bidens-natural-capital-agenda-turned-americas-rang/Biden’s $125 Trillion Land Grab exposed how Washington quietly turned cattle country into a climate-era balance sheet—trading beef for “natural capital.” As rangelands vanish under carbon markets and 30x30 leases, Americans are paying record prices for a deliberately engineered shortage.Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTClimateBidenBLMCattle InventoryCRPNACsNatural CapitalPublic LandVCMhttps://beefnews.org/americas-farmland-is-dying-and-betterfedfoods-has-a-plan-to-save-it/https://beefnews.org/americas-farmland-is-dying-and-betterfedfoods-has-a-plan-to-save-it/America lost over 500,000 farms. The cattle herd is down 2 million. But Bernie Hansen from BetterFedFoods is proving that rebuilding starts from the ground up—with biologically intelligent beef, real economic viability, and ranchers who refuse to quit.Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBernie HansenBetterFedFoodsBovaerFarm DebtGreat O PlusSuicide rateshttps://beefnews.org/shutdown-for-us-labels-for-them-inside-the-usdas-two-tier-system/https://beefnews.org/shutdown-for-us-labels-for-them-inside-the-usdas-two-tier-system/USDA paused loans, label approvals, and market reports—gutting small producers mid-harvest. Meanwhile, Cargill kept selling imported beef as "Product of USA." Welcome to the cartel economy.Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBankruptciesMCOOLMeriwether FarmsShutdownUSDAhttps://beefnews.org/the-10-billion-beef-mirage-taiwan-buys-big-ranchers-still-lose/https://beefnews.org/the-10-billion-beef-mirage-taiwan-buys-big-ranchers-still-lose/How Taiwan’s Ag Deal Masks a USDA Trade Skim—While U.S. Ranchers Get NothingMon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessbrooke rollinsECAPExportsSDRPTaiwanhttps://beefnews.org/the-25-million-feedback-loop-how-ncba-captured-the-u-s-beef-industry/https://beefnews.org/the-25-million-feedback-loop-how-ncba-captured-the-u-s-beef-industry/Every rancher pays in. Only the cartel cashes out.Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBeef CheckoffCBBFSBCHartley FeedersJBSNCBAR-CALFhttps://beefnews.org/who-killed-charlie-kirk-synthetic-hormones-and-the-biochemistry-of-violence/https://beefnews.org/who-killed-charlie-kirk-synthetic-hormones-and-the-biochemistry-of-violence/A nation can only withstand so much malnutrition before the collapse becomes visible. Synthetic hormones, seed oils, and ultra-processed food aren’t just wrecking our bodies—they’re warping the minds of a generation.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTCultureBrain ChemistryCharlie Kirkendocrine disruptorsLipid fatstransgendertyler robinsonUPFsveganhttps://beefnews.org/youve-been-eating-pfas-biosolids-beef-and-the-deep-states-dirty-war-on-agricultu/https://beefnews.org/youve-been-eating-pfas-biosolids-beef-and-the-deep-states-dirty-war-on-agricultu/Congress created the sludge, spread the chemicals, and now it's seizing farms while blocking the one report that could expose it all.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyBiosolidsClean Water ActDeep StateEPAPFAShttps://beefnews.org/pesticide-immunity-is-built-on-a-lie-dr-alexandra-munoz-on-the-hidden-chemistry/https://beefnews.org/pesticide-immunity-is-built-on-a-lie-dr-alexandra-munoz-on-the-hidden-chemistry/The EPA doesn’t test pesticides—it trusts the companies that make them. And when those companies have a history of falsifying data, the label isn’t science. It’s marketing.Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTHealthAlexandra Muñoz PhDBreeauna Sagdalcancer lawsuitsFIFRAPesticide ImmunitySection 453https://beefnews.org/they-outlawed-immunity-sally-fallon-morell-on-raw-milk-usda-marxism-and-the-war/https://beefnews.org/they-outlawed-immunity-sally-fallon-morell-on-raw-milk-usda-marxism-and-the-war/Raw milk wasn’t banned for safety—it was banned to protect monopolies. In this interview, Sally Fallon Morell traces how pasteurization laws, price controls, and USDA policy wiped out small dairies—while states like North Dakota are now fighting back.Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessPasturizationRaw MilkSally Fallon MorellWeston A. Pricehttps://beefnews.org/super-selectos-or-super-cartel-bukeles-fight-over-salvadoran-beef/https://beefnews.org/super-selectos-or-super-cartel-bukeles-fight-over-salvadoran-beef/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.Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBeef Mapshttps://beefnews.org/ohios-raw-milk-ban-cracks-at-the-seams-hb-406-tests-a-60-year-freeze/https://beefnews.org/ohios-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.Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessHB 406I Am Texas Slim FoundationOhioRaw MilkRealMilk.comWeston A Pricehttps://beefnews.org/they-rigged-the-market-printed-the-money-then-blamed-the-rancher/https://beefnews.org/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.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBitcoinCartelsCole BoltonCrimeMental HealthNCBASmugglingSuicidehttps://beefnews.org/forget-the-snake-venom-congress-is-about-to-write-novo-a-35-billion-medicare-che/https://beefnews.org/forget-the-snake-venom-congress-is-about-to-write-novo-a-35-billion-medicare-che/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.Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinesshttps://beefnews.org/the-dairy-cartels-smear-machine-florida-just-framed-a-family-dairy/https://beefnews.org/the-dairy-cartels-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.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessFarm-to-Consumer Legal DefenseFloridaKeely FarmsRaw Dairyhttps://beefnews.org/ranchers-demand-dhs-takeover-after-usda-fails-to-stop-screwworm-at-the-border/https://beefnews.org/ranchers-demand-dhs-takeover-after-usda-fails-to-stop-screwworm-at-the-border/The New World Screwworm has infected over 2,200 animals in southern Mexico, just 400 miles from Texas. Ranchers say USDA failed — and want DHS to take control.Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTFarm PolicyMerriwether FarmsNWShttps://beefnews.org/they-want-you-allergic-to-meat-and-theyre-not-joking/https://beefnews.org/they-want-you-allergic-to-meat-and-theyre-not-joking/Western Michigan professors just argued it's morally permissible to let tick bites make you allergic to meat—because it might "improve your behavior." This isn’t satire. It’s bioethics by bioweapon.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTClimateAGSAlpha-Gal SyndromeMeat AllergyTickWMUhttps://beefnews.org/trumps-health-tech-push-raises-privacy-red-flags/https://beefnews.org/trumps-health-tech-push-raises-privacy-red-flags/Trump’s new Health Technology Ecosystem links your medical records to Amazon, Google, Oracle, and OpenAI—under the banner of “opt-in.” Privacy advocates call it a "data monetization scheme" in disguise, warning of tech giants mining your health history.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTHealthCenter for Digital DemocracyGoogleOpenAIQR CodesSteven MiddendorpThe HighwireTrumpWearableshttps://beefnews.org/the-profit-disappeared-inside-brazils-meat-for-gadgets-cartel-trump-just-cracked/https://beefnews.org/the-profit-disappeared-inside-brazils-meat-for-gadgets-cartel-trump-just-cracked/How JBS, China, and a U.S. loophole engineered a meat monopoly—until a 50% Trump tariff threatened to break it.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBoi ChinaDeforestationJBSMato GrossoMeat for Gadgetshttps://beefnews.org/a-weapon-of-market-destruction-how-captive-supply-and-usda-collusion-killed-the/https://beefnews.org/a-weapon-of-market-destruction-how-captive-supply-and-usda-collusion-killed-the/Tyson didn’t build a food system—they dismantled it. What began as IBP’s “Formula” for global dominance has ended with half of America’s cattle producers gone, Walmart controlling the shelves, and JBS waiting to feast on the remains.Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBob PetersonDr. William HeffernanIBPJBSMike CallicrateTysonhttps://beefnews.org/insignificant-thats-what-the-largest-meat-packer-just-called-your-tariff-war/https://beefnews.org/insignificant-thats-what-the-largest-meat-packer-just-called-your-tariff-war/The tariff halted Brazil’s beef—but not the Brazilian meat giant behind it. JBS shifted production to its U.S. plants, raised prices, and tightened control while the market cheered a ban that changed nothing.Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBrazilJBSTarifftariffsTrumphttps://beefnews.org/tariffs-please-jbs-already-bought-both-governments/https://beefnews.org/tariffs-please-jbs-already-bought-both-governments/A foreign meat giant just gamed Brazil’s courts, funded Trump’s inauguration, and got SEC approval. And we’re worried about labeling?Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBrazilJ&F InvestimentosJBSPardonsTrumphttps://beefnews.org/walmart-isnt-feeding-the-free-market-its-managing-it/https://beefnews.org/walmart-isnt-feeding-the-free-market-its-managing-it/R-CALF USA warns: Corporate control over your dinner plate is nearly complete.Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTVideoBill BullardRCALFSustainable BeefWalmarthttps://beefnews.org/sell-a-cow-fund-the-enemy-welcome-to-the-beef-checkoff/https://beefnews.org/sell-a-cow-fund-the-enemy-welcome-to-the-beef-checkoff/Inside the Beef Checkoff scam that taxes U.S. ranchers to promote foreign beef, bankroll packers, and erase American producers from their own land.Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTBusinessBeef CheckoffBeef Long Range PlanNCBAPerdueRCALFUSDA