Agricultures Pushback Against DOGE - Lonesome Report - 2/27/25
Release Date: 02/27/2025
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan wrap up 2025 by exposing the push to turn the USDA's latest project into more climate BS. They also review 2025 and look forward to 2026. 0:00 Intro, Christmas cards, ear tags, and supporting local business. 7:15 The year in review. 12:50 Secretary Rollins latest interview. 16:37 USDA's Fordyce suggests carbon sequestration. 22:30 Property rights fights 28:30 Why we fight the climate lies. 31:10 Our 2026 agenda 36:30 2025 highlights 41:56 More Perfect Union video and channel 56:20 Come see us.
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan bring in a special Christmas gift, an interview with Nevada Rancher and sale barn owner Jack Payne. Jack worked as part of a group to develop the USDA's plan to fortify the beef and cattle industry, and back in October got a chance to visit with President Trump in the Oval Office. 0:00 Intro, Kenzy Backgrounding 3:20 Eminent domain and breaking bull wagons. 5:30 Roping a cow and busting a saddle. 8:10 Ranchers group working on federal land issues. 11:32 First trip to the White House. 16:19 Second trip to the White House and visiting with Cabinet members. 18:55 30...
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan break down the fight that is happening in the cattle industry between the elites who want to embrace the climate scam agenda and independents that are fighting for the truth. 0:00 Intro 3:43 Beef Checkoff school lessons blaming beef for climate change. 14:19 ESG whistleblower Desiree Fidler 28:25 Lexington beef plant shutdown 38:09 USDA's Regenerative Pilot Program 50:00 Kansas Department of Agriculture exports technology and expertise to Mexico. 56:25 American Prairie and are Buffalo livestock or wildlife? 1:00:45 Washington state's King Ranch fight and other...
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan discuss the weeks events including Presidents Trump's farmers roundtable and pay out plan, King family ranch fight with the state of Washington, and how the Beef Checkoff is funding school programs to teach kids that cattle are harmful to the climate. 0:00 Intro/Fortune Ranch Sale/Christmas present 4:41 President Trumps farmer roundtable and payout 19:48 Food supply chain security task force and anti-trust investigation 25:42 King Ranch fight with the state of Washington 35:08 Beef Checkoff funded school lessons that blame cattle for climate change 1:01:00...
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan go over the interview with Brook Rollins, diving deeper into some of the topics and breaking down some of the good and bad reaction. Youth correspondent Sage Mundorf also gives her reaction and fills the boys in on the 67 craze. 0:00 Intro/Palmer Angus 2:30 How the Rollins interview came about. 9:50 Reactions to the interview 11:44 Questions asked and not asked 16:18 The objectives going in. 21:10 Market reaction and border certainty. 24:17 Anti-trust focus 25:23 Property rights and the Susette Kelo case. 30:22 Sage's reaction. 32:18 Shad's FFA experience. 37:20...
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan discuss the state of the cattle industry with the Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. Topics covered are market volatility, Mexican border staying closed, beef packer investigation, USDA's beef plan, and more. 0:00 Intro 1:20 Recent cattle market volatility 5:50 Mexican border reopening plan 11:25 Screw worm fly facilities 13:52 Beef packer investigation 17:32 Lexington Nebraska beef plant closing 25:03 USDA's plan to fortify the beef industry and strengthen ranching 29:40 Fighting for property rights 35:32 Importance of FFA and moving the charter seat to the...
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan discuss the latest events in the cattle industry and why President Trump is facing criticism from cattle producers. 0:00 Have cattlemen lost faith in President Trump 2:47 Shad breaks down the timeline of everything that has happened in the last few weeks. 14:17 The myth of uniting the cattle industry. 23:10 The importance of independence. 34:45 America First Policy Institutes Lawfare Advisory Council 39:10 Canadian ostriches killed. 40:55 Bovaer feed additive cattle deaths in Denmark
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan break down every aspect of what President Trump's message announcing an investigation into meatpacking corporations. 0:00 Intro/Trump announces the investigation into meatpackers 14:11 California Congressman Ro Khanna visits Shad's ranch. 24:42 Meatpacking's history of corruption. 31:35 Revisiting the 2019 Holcomb KS. Beef plant fire and market manipulation 38:15 USDA's 2020 investigation into the meat-packing industry. 40:35 Current investigation 45:49 NCBA's deafening silence 51:42 Jim's trip to Montana and the Rocky Mountain Livestock Association 54:56 Thank...
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan recap all the drama in the cattle industry over the past couple of weeks. 0:00 Intro 1:15 Who is the Common Ground Coalition 10:04 Turning down Trump's invitation to the White House 26:40 Unifying the cattle industry 30:00 Harriet Hageman interview recap 31:17 Beef Checkoff border closure post 34:10 American Angus Association's convention and their rejection of new blood. 39:50 Secretary Rollins is the best 46:20 Western Livestock Journal blames Jack Payne 52:45 Prime Act 53:51 California's Prop 50 and the continued attack on rural California.
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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan have a discussion with Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman regarding President Trump's comment on beef prices, trade with Argentina, Mcool, EID tags and more. 00:00 Intro 00:36 The government shutdown 1:40 President Trump's Argentinian beef comments 6:56 Mandatory Country of Origin Label on beef and what it would do. 9:32 Mcool and Mandated electronic ID tags on cattle. 12:16 U.S. herd size and the policy that impacts it. 13:15 What the Conservation Reserve Program has done to rural America. 19:35 Certainty and stability in commodity markets 24:00 Differences in...
info_outlineJim and Shad sit down to continue the conversations in agriculture as more information continues to come out. Jim starts off explaining the goal of keeping independent farmers and ranchers on the land. They then talk about the surprising salaries of the Livestock Marketing Association, a non-profit organization who appartently has one of the highest paid non-profit staffs in the country. They also talk about the mounting pushback on the DOGE team from the ag organizations that have had their grant payments canceled, and the fired Federal worker reactions. Lonesome History segment is all about Charlie Russell's Trails Plowed Under book and his take on womens fashions.
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