The Round Up
Four Companies Took Over America’s Beef Supply. Now the USDA Is Investing $60 Million to Bring the Local Butcher Back.
There is a version of America that older generations remember clearly and younger ones have mostly never experienced: a version […]
The New World Screwworm America Defeated 60 Years Ago Has Returned to U.S. Soil
On June 3, 2026, a three-week-old calf near La Pryor, Texas was confirmed as the first domestic case of New […]
The Fake Meat Collapse: How the Ranch Industry Fought Back – and Why the Science, the Sales Numbers, and the Law Are Now on Their Side
Not long ago, fake meat was one of the hottest investment stories in America. Beyond Meat went public in 2019 […]
“Colorado Is Not Yellowstone”: Ranch Owner Admits Employee Killed a Protected Wolf — and She’s Not Apologizing
Since Colorado began reintroducing gray wolves in December 2023, the conflict between ranchers and wildlife managers has played out in […]
Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Returned to the U.S. — What One Texas Calf Means for the Nation’s Beef Supply and Your Wallet
It took decades of coordinated effort to drive it out. Scientists, ranchers, and federal agencies worked together through the 1950s […]













