Ranching

"Pay-to-play": How a nonprofit run by county officials recruited Big Wind & Solar to Arizona ranch country

Did a European energy company just happen to find Casey Murph? Or were they invited?

Jun 6 • Keely Covello

CARROT COWBOY: Justin Pettit of Santa Carota Is Taking on the Industry

One independent rancher’s fight to create something new, against all odds.

May 14 • Keely Covello

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“When You Go Down, the Rest Will Go Down Like Dominoes” - The 30-Year Slow Death of a New Mexico Ranch Under the Endangered Species Act

Decades of federal regulations and lawsuits over endangered species have pushed the Goss family ranch to the brink of bankruptcy.

Mar 10 • Keely Covello

A Tale of Tule Elk: What California's Elk Reveal About Dirty Politics and Greenwashed Agendas

Point Reyes and Lake Pillsbury show that California doesn't love wildlife nearly as much as it hates rural Americans.

Feb 23 • Keely Covello

ENFORCEMENT FIRST, EVIDENCE LATER? Washington seeks access to King Ranch ponds years after penalties

After fining the King family $267,540, terminating grazing leases, and opening a criminal investigation, officials are now asking to inspect ponds at…

Jan 24 • Keely Covello

Rollins Threatens to Pull Washington State Funding Over King Ranch Case

Secretary Rollins warns the state may lose funding after hitting a longtime cattle operation with $267,540 in fines over maintaining stock watering…

Dec 10, 2025 • Keely Covello

Ranchers hopeful as Trump announces DOJ investigation into meatpackers

Four companies control 85% of the U.S. meatpacking industry. Two are foreign-owned.

Nov 11, 2025 • Keely Covello

USDA chief responds to UNWON reporting on King Ranch: "Help is on the way"

The King family has been targeted by the state of Washington for alleged damage to wetlands the family says are stock ponds.

Nov 7, 2025 • Keely Covello

Ranchers react to Trump comments on importing Argentine beef: "America first? The independent rancher is always dead freakin' last."

Without country of origin labeling, ranchers say increasing imports is a betrayal.

Oct 21, 2025 • Keely Covello

California plan redistributes prime farmland in the name of "equity"

California Democrats release a draft plan that would de facto nationalize farmland, redistributing it to "socially disadvantaged" farmers along largely…

Oct 3, 2025 • Keely Covello

For 50 years, this rancher followed labor law. As big ag lobbies for amnesty, he is about to lose his legal crew.

Nevada rancher Hank Vogler says bureaucrats have made the H-2A farmworker program a "living hell."

Jul 11, 2025 • Keely Covello

Washington ranch family facing $267,000 fine, terminated grazing leases, and possible criminal charges

The King family is accused of damaging "wetlands" because of Google Earth photos officials claim show the area was dredged.

May 21, 2025 • Keely Covello

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