Jim and Shad sit down with Cattle Market Reporter Corbitt Wall to discuss the failings of today's cattle market reporting system and other issues of an industry that is failing American Cattlemen and women.

0:00 The fight for the independent cattle industry

5:37 Corbitt Wall and his time and USDA and market reporting background.

7:50 Mandatory Price Reporting

15:23 Eliminating Competition through confidentiality

16:15 Fixing the problem 18:15 An executive order fix

26:15 Mexican border opening impact

27:00 Beef on dairy

32:40 Push for uniformity in cattle

36:10 Taking the fun out of raising cattle

37:40 Packer controlled beef grading system

41:40 How to fix the corruption

48:07 Tyson plant closure

56:20 Shad and Jim respond to comments

1:03:40 RIP Dolly

1:05:30 Shad's dog pukes

Brought to you by R-CALF USA and their affiliates yearly meetings.

Please join us at: ICOM at Lohman, MO Sept. 12

Nevada Livestock Marketing, Fallon, NV Sept. 18

ICOW Riverton WY, Oct 9 IBAND Bismark ND Oct 24

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

This morning President Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. would be removing tarriffs on 300,000 metric tons and that it would be sold "25 percent below current market prices" to reduce beef prices. Jim and Shad give their reactions and talk about the impacts this may have on the cattle industry.

Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan talk with Bill Bullard, who might possibly be the most informed person alive on the subject of country of origin labeling on beef. They also give their own opinions and give a recap of their interview with Secretary Rollins and Administrator Loeffler.

0:00 Intro

3:16 Bill's MCOOL experience

6:06 Where is MCOOL now

9:23 MCOOL opponents

13:40 Impacts on pricing

16:50 Labeling cattle that spend time in more than one country

19:38 Processing U.S. born meat and importing it back to U.S.

21:38 Mandatory EID tags vs. Mandatory Country of Origin Labels

23:59 MCOOL in other countries

24:40 Labeling ground beef from multiple countries

26:40 Cleaning packing plants argument

29:20 World Trade Organization

34:55 More on pricing

39:00 Path forward for MCOOL

40:46 Shad and Jim's MCOOL takes

52:00 Our Minnesota trip

55:15 Matching shirts

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler weigh in on how their farm roots influence their work, how they are working to save farms and ranches from lawfare, and the impact and future or Data Centers.

Secretary of Agriculture sits down with JIm Mundorf and Shad Sullivan at her family farm in Minnesota to discuss issues in the cattle industry.

Brought to you by: The Chain Ranch bred female sale October 3. https://www.chainranch.com/

R-CALF USA meeting September 18 Nevada Livestock Marketing, Fallon Nevada. https://www.r-calfusa.com/

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

Jim and Shad break down the border opening and what it means for the cattle business. Also, Shad's Frontier Days events, and more.

Brought to you by South Dakota Angus Tour: https://form.jotform.com/261665757815066?utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0jkm5cn8

0:00 Intro, county fair, Angus Tour

4:15 Mexican border opening

20:40 Cattlemen's frustrations, market, heat wave, border

25:18 Shad's Frontier Days events

28:13 Meeting Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum

38:35 Don Bacon steps in it.

46:58 White House Data center pledge

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan discuss the week in news and agriculture. Also youth correspondent Sage gives a report. Brought to you by:

South Dakota Angus Tour, Register Here: https://form.jotform.com/261665757815066?utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0jkm5cn8

0:00 Parasitic diarrhea

5:34 Fake AI news taking over, and Doan's Store

10:30 Sid Miller hosts a screw worm meeting for Mexico

27:00 Politico Uses "Ranchers" to bash Trump

39:55 NGO infiltration into agriculture

42:14 Taking up arms vs. going to court

51:02 Sage Reports on Netflix's Little House on the Prairie.

1:08:03 Lonesome History

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

Jim and Shad answer some data center questions, and ask new ones. Also, The Nature Conservancy buying up more ranch land with federal money, ag orgs that partner with environmental groups, buffalo attacks and more.

0:00 Data center update

13:00 Are data centers the new dot com bubble?

29:05 Are data center towns the new railroad towns?

35:00 Shad's mothers broken heart

43:00 Bring prosperity vs. sucking it out of rural America

46:23 The Nature Conservancy continues to be funded by the government and continues to buy up ranches.

52:12 The farm and ranch groups that partner with environmental organizations.

57:41 Buffalo attack, them bulls will hook ya.

1:04:00 Lonesome History

1:05:03 Comments and feedback

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

Jim and Shad discuss the week in agriculture news.

0:00 Intro

3:30 Andrea Hutchison's book Convergence

11:30 Too late to stop the land takeover?

37:10 USDA and SBA Lawfare roundtable

43:30 SPUR beef processing program

49:00 Climate agenda weaseling into USDA

Buy Convergence here: https://www.amazon.com/Convergence-Ranchers-Investigation-Reshaping-Agriculture/dp/B0GWN237Z9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ETUSEWC8XFAS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CuhEihhdQxKryUeYmzbi9jjTdDV8wwczYrCeaAOz_jpPcPomoXPefl6HhwX9U7F6.ckxVcyfzqBVgwuGyojFFm3wM5eyDhKnZmpmSED0aepQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=convergence+andrea+hutchison&qid=1783699734&sprefix=andrea+hutchi%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

Shad talks about dining at the White House dinner that Jim wasn't invited to. Also, cattle killed in Scotland because they didn't have EID tags, King Ranch update, and more.

0:00 Shad's DC trip.

8:13 Meeting President Trump

16:55 The guest list

21:40 State Fair and Rodeo on the National Mall

28:45 Spectator turnout and the usual haters

35:31 King Ranch update

39:37 Judges letter supporting native land grab

44:10 Focusing on wrongs of the past

51:10 Euthanizing cattle that don't have EID tags

58:27 R-Calf Convention

1:03:50 Trump's reaction to Shad.

Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe

Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise