Agriculture and Rural America
Tracking threats to American agriculture, rural communities, and the ranching families who feed the nation.
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On Little Bighorn’s 150th anniversary, a rancher sees the same fight over land
On the sesquicentennial of the battle the Lakota call the Greasy Grass, rancher Trent Loos told The Kim Monson Show that the same pattern is pressuring Western landowners today: government…
A Kansas advocate warns the heartland’s energy buildout is a land grab
Virginia Macha of Stand 4 the Land Kansas says industrial solar, wind, and high-voltage transmission projects, backed by federal tax credits and eminent domain, are shifting control of farmland and…
How the federal 30 by 30 program moved from executive order to land-use fight, then to rescission
Executive Order 14008 set the goal of conserving 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. Five years on, the order has been rescinded, but the policy machinery it…
SPP’s $8.6 billion 765-kilovolt buildout will reshape Midwest land and tax base
The Southwest Power Pool approved a record $8.6 billion transmission plan in November 2025, anchored by a new 765 kilovolt backbone across its 14-state footprint. FERC Order 1920 is the…
Nebraska ranchers face two-year recovery after largest wildfire in state history
The Morrill Fire burned 642,000 acres across five counties in the Nebraska Sandhills. One woman died, 35,000 cattle were displaced, and ranchers cannot graze the fragile grasslands until at least…
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