Less than a week after USDA’s Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins formally dropped the charges against the Maude family and opened a new portal for landowners facing similar...
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Trump Administration Drops Criminal Charges Against Maude Family
President Trump’s USDA announced on Monday that criminal charges levied against Charles and Heather Maude from South Dakota had been dropped. This is an amazing victory and it’s...
What One Wolf Can Do to One Cattle Operation
The University of California Davis (UCD) issued a study that revealed astounding economic damage a single gray wolf can wreak on one cattle operation. They found that one gray...
U.S. District Court Ends Biden-Era Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule
For the first time a federal court has struck down the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s overburdensome ‘4(d)’ rule under the Endangered Species Act for the lesser...
Biden’s Department of Justice Criminally Indicts South Dakota Ranching Family
Since the 1910s, the Maude family has been ranching the same land in South Dakota that includes leases on adjoining national grasslands separated by a 75-year-old fence. A...
Missouri Wins Lawsuit Against China
The State of Missouri won a lawsuit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, passed by Congress in 1976, that creates mechanisms for identifying, seizing and selling assets of...
Victory for South Dakota Landowners
For three years, Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) has tried to build a carbon sequestration pipeline through five states - Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota,...
WOTUS Rule to be Revised Under Trump
Biden’s rule on “waters of the United States” placed tremendous burdens on America’s farmers and ranchers, but the Trump administration is going to revise them to mirror the U.S....
Carbon Capture Verses Property Rights
The Trump administration, along with the oil and gas industry wish to scale back environmental regulations put into place by the Biden Administration, with one exception – carbon...
Bill Filed in Washington State to Tax Cow Flatulence
Washington State is considering a bill that would impose a new tax on dairy farmers and beef producers for their animal’s offensive emissions. House Bill 1630, filed by several...
119th Congress Key Legislation, February 18, 2025
Ending Green Giveaways Act Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced the “Ending Green Giveaways Act” that “will return unused funds from the $3 billion of taxpayer money allocated to an...
Secretary Rollins Sets New Course for USDA
Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins pledged on day one to “bring greater efficiency to USDA to ensure it better serves American farmers, ranchers, and...
119th Congress Key Legislation February 11, 2025
Reps. Green, Hageman to Refile Bill Stopping Future Natural Asset Companies Reps. Mark Green (TN-07) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) will reintroduced the Protect America’s Lands Act...
New Mexico Cattleman of the Year
Reprinted by permission of New Mexico StockmanThe New Mexico Stockman named Jeff Bilberry, manager of Singleton Ranches, as their 2024 New Mexico Cattleman of the Year. Jeff, his...
Conservation or Communism? Biden Administration Attempts to Seize the Means of Agriculture
by Eagle Forum - Published October 17, 2024“It’s not about conservation; it’s about control.” At September’s Eagle Council 52, Executive Director of American Stewards of Liberty...
Update on EPA Rule for Small Meat Processors
Earlier this year, American Stewards reported on the new Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule that would bring thousands of meat and poultry processing facilities under...
Major Banks Told to Stop Financing Livestock Industry
The attempt by the environmental movement to destroy the livestock industry has been ongoing for decades. The various campaigns have all had a common theme – cattle are bad for...
South Dakota Supreme Court Rules for Landowners
On August 22nd, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS), the company trying to build a carbon-capture pipeline through the state, did not prove it...
Packed House at Muleshoe Refuge Expansion Meeting
In Littlefield, Texas, a crowd of over 350 landowners and concerned citizens gathered to hear from local, state, and national experts. They discussed the federal government’s...
Pushback Against Muleshoe Growing
As landowners, community leaders, and elected officials learn more about the federal government’s massive expansion into Texas, opposition is growing, and citizens are beginning...
Key Property Rights Provisions in House Interior Appropriations Act
Congress is using the appropriations process to stop the 30x30 agenda by defunding specific administrative actions that implement the land grab. On July 9, 2024, the full House...
Massive Expansions of Refuges Used for 30×30 Land Grab
Biden is bypassing Congress once again using its administrative muscle to designate new federal land acquisition boundaries that are one-thousand times larger than existing...
Opinion: Conservation Easements Undermine Food Security
The Federal Newswire Op-ed. By Margaret Byfield, Executive Director of American Stewards of Liberty May 22, 2024. In a win for America’s farmers and landowners, House Agriculture...
Biden’s Water Grab
Biden's Water Grab During “Earth Week,” the Biden White House announced a new initiative called “The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge.” They are stepping up their...