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Mother of the South Dakota rancher facing prison over pre-1950 fence calls on Trump for help
Charles and Heather Maude each face 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines over an inherited fence built before 1950.
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Keely Covello
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Jack Varian of V6 Ranch: The Hippie Rancher
“The more radical people in the cities are, the more selfish and single-minded they are. How do you change that mindset? You bring them. Bring them out…
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Keely Covello
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The Land Is Her Legacy: Sagehorn-Russell Ranch in Northern California
"Never sell the bones of your mother and father." Chief Joseph
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Keely Covello
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Cold Weather Calving
Bringing life into this world at 40 degrees below zero.
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Keely Covello
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Giving Ranchers Their Fair Share: Daniel Sinton on Saving a Meat Processing Plant
Sinton & Sons is a USDA butcher and processor providing locally-sourced meat and provisions to customers all over California. A fifth-gen rancher…
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Keely Covello
The Truth About Grass-Fed Beef
In the United States, the vast majority of cattle spend nearly their entire lives grazing grass on extensive rangelands.
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A Cowboy in San Francisco: Tim Koopmann Fights for the Value of Grazing in California's Bay Area
"If we had removed grazing from our watershed in San Francisco, it would have had a domino effect on every other major water purveyor in California.”
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Keely Covello
The War on Beef: How Incrementalism Kills Liberty
Shad Sullivan is the private property rights committee chair of R-CALF USA, the nation's largest nonprofit trade association exclusively representing…
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Shad Sullivan
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Cattle Ranching Is the Most Decentralized Sector in U.S. Agriculture. Will It Survive Another 100 Years?
Scapegoat of the jet set crowd, the lone American Cowboy is easy pickings.
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Keely Covello
South Dakota ranching couple indicted by Forest Service for fence in place since 1950
Another ranching family targeted by aggressive government overreach; facing 10 years in prison
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How “National Monument” Designations Change the Land: Q&A with Arizona Rancher Casey Murph
Arizona rancher warns new National Monument designation results in "almost complete shutdown of the land, ranchers evicted, roads mechanically…
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Keely Covello
Ranchers React to $15 Billion for Tracking Cattle Included in Omnibus Bill
Ranchers are sounding the alarm over an earmark to fund electronic cattle tracking in the omnibus bill passed by the House on Wednesday.
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