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Weekly Sale Roundup
A quick roundup of this weeks offering at THEE BIGGEST sale barns across the Midwest! [READ MORE…]
Year: 2021
Hot Barn Report
R-Calf USA Friday with Karina Jones
Look around your area and remind yourself of the communities around you and their history. Almost every where I look on a map of America’s heartland, you can trace almost every communities existence to the cattle industry. [READ MORE…]
From Washington with John Block
Issues
The U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling that gives California the right to deny the sale of pork, veal, and other farm products in California unless producers comply with that state’s confinement standards. I thought we had free trade between states. [READ MORE…]
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SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Billie Sutton of South Dakota
Monte James interviews Billie Sutton Rancher, Cattleman and Banker of his many titles on the importance of COOL and avoiding the chickenization of the beef industry. [READ MORE…]
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SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Bill Bullard CEO of R-CalfUSA
Monte James interviews Bill Bullard CEO of R-CalfUSA on America’s ONLY Hot Barn Report! [READ MORE…]
Hot Barn Report
Weekly Sale Roundup
A quick roundup of this weeks offering at THEE BIGGEST sale barns across the Midwest! [READ MORE…]
Hot Barn Report
INTERVIEW: Chelsea Good – Livestock Marketing Association
Host Monte James interviews Chelsea Good, Vice President Government & Industry affairs from the Livestock Marketing Association [READ MORE…]
From Washington with John Block
Executive Orders
Last week President Biden signed a broad Executive Order designed to ensure that we have more competitive markets. We have too many huge corporations. They keep buying up their competitors and just get bigger. Smaller companies compete at a disadvantage. Biden says, “Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation.” Antitrust enforcement has been a priority of the President’s agenda. The use of Executive Orders to get something done is not new. For 20 years our presidents – both parties – have used Executive Orders. President Trump was criticized for making too many Executive Orders. [READ MORE…]
From Washington with John Block
This and That
The cost of living keeps going up. Food costs 5% more, but what about fuel? I was on the farm in Illinois this past weekend. We rented a car in Chicago and had to pay well over $4 per gallon. It’s not quite that expensive in Washington, DC. In the farm country, it cost $3.25 per gallon. It is likely to keep going up. OPEC, made up of big oil-producing nations, in a surprise move just decided not to increase production. Energy costs on our farms have already exploded. There is more to come. [READ MORE…]
Press Release
RELEASE: Rounds Statement on USDA Review of “Product of the U.S.A.” Label
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) released the following statement today after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a full-scale review of the “Product of the U.S.A.” label: [READ MORE…]