America’s Cattle Herd Is at a 75-Year Low — How It Got There, What It’s Costing Everyone, and When It Might Recover
A Number That Puts Everything in Context On January 30, 2026, the USDA released its annual cattle inventory report. The […]
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Why Beef Prices Keep Rising in 2026 — and What Experts Say Comes Next
The Number That Stops You at the Meat Case Not long ago, a pound of ground beef cost less than
JBS Is Closing Its Souderton Plant — 1,700 Workers, a New Contract, and a Shutdown No One Saw Coming
A Community Employer for Nearly Two Decades — Gone by August For 18 years, the JBS meatpacking plant in Souderton,
The PRIME Act Explained: Why Local Ranchers Can’t Legally Sell You Their Beef
There is a rancher in Kentucky who raises cattle the right way — grass-fed, open pasture, no corners cut. There
Colorado Killed a Wolf Last Week — Here’s What Happened in the Year Before That Decision
On June 12, 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife agents lethally removed an uncollared gray wolf in Routt County in northwest
Georgia Power Is Seizing Homes and Farms Through Eminent Domain to Build Power Lines for AI Data Centers
In Coweta County, Georgia, a single mother named Angela Hall bought a home through a government loan program in 2003.
7 States Have Now Banned Lab-Grown Meat — Here’s Where Every State Stands
In the span of roughly 18 months, seven American states have passed laws banning the sale or manufacture of lab-grown
10 Million Acres of American Farmland Is Projected for Solar Development by 2050 — Here Are the Facts
Most conversations about American farmland focus on who owns it. Foreign investors. Corporate buyers. Developers. But there is a second
The Colorado River Is Running Out — and the Deadline Nobody Is Talking About Is This Fall
The Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people across seven states, 30 federally recognized tribal nations, and the nation
Foreign Investors Now Own 46 Million Acres of American Farmland — That’s the Size of Washington State
Every day, somewhere in the United States, a foreign investor signs paperwork on another piece of American soil. They might