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Beef News Radar

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Oklahoma let a $191 million cattle fraud run for years. It's spent six months chasing a rancher whose cattle actually exist.

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Indiana Just Put a Ceiling on Its Own Health Department

Farm Policy· 2w ago

This isn't a labeling vote. It's a delegation vote.

Farm Policy· Jul 21

Forget 'Amnesty.' The Ag Labor Bill's Real Payload Is a Wage Cap and a Packing-Floor Carve-Out

Antitrust· Jul 19

This isn't a recycling law. It's a market-access monopoly, and the trade group that lobbied for it is now suing to unwind it.

Farm Policy· Jul 18

New Hampshire Has Four Slaughterhouses. The Governor Just Vetoed the Fix.

Antitrust· Jul 15

JBS Pays $8 Million to Make a Price-Fixing Case Disappear

Investigative· Jul 9

When the Compadre Builds the Packing Plant

Investigative· Jun 18

Sixty Years of Clean Land. Then the Cartels Sent the Cows.

Investigative· May 27

Washington State's Own Wetland Specialist Doubted the Case. They Fined the Farm $204,000 Anyway.

Investigative· 6d ago

Oklahoma let a $191 million cattle fraud run for years. It's spent six months chasing a rancher whose cattle actually exist.

Farm Policy· 2w ago

Indiana Just Put a Ceiling on Its Own Health Department

Farm Policy· 2w ago

This isn't a labeling vote. It's a delegation vote.

Farm Policy· Jul 21

Forget 'Amnesty.' The Ag Labor Bill's Real Payload Is a Wage Cap and a Packing-Floor Carve-Out

Antitrust· Jul 19

This isn't a recycling law. It's a market-access monopoly, and the trade group that lobbied for it is now suing to unwind it.

Farm Policy· Jul 18

New Hampshire Has Four Slaughterhouses. The Governor Just Vetoed the Fix.

Antitrust· Jul 15

JBS Pays $8 Million to Make a Price-Fixing Case Disappear

Investigative· Jul 9

When the Compadre Builds the Packing Plant

Investigative· Jun 18

Sixty Years of Clean Land. Then the Cartels Sent the Cows.

Investigative· May 27

Washington State's Own Wetland Specialist Doubted the Case. They Fined the Farm $204,000 Anyway.