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Jim and Shad sit down with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Candidate Nate Sheets. They cover it all. Where he comes from, how he got here, and where he sees things going.

0:00 Intro

3:40 Who is Nate Sheets/ Nature Nate's Honey

14:00 I am Second

23:10 Ag Commissioner of Texas race

28:10 Data center take over of Texas

35:50 765 KV powerlines

41:00 Competitive markets

52:07 Texas First and MAHA movement

57:43 Border Security H2A and H1B immigration programs

1:02:00 Affordability in agriculture

1:08:30 Working with the Trump Administration

1:18:35 Why he's running

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Jim and Shad sit down with Brett Kenzy, a South Dakota Cattleman, to talk about the Kansas immigration enforcement operation and the cattle industries reaction, the H2A program, and how unpriced contracts on cattle should be banned.

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0:00 Brett Kenzy intro

3:50 ICE operation in Kansas

12:24 H2A workers in agriculture

17:24 Creating a competitive marketplace in cattle

20:10 What are unpriced contracts

28:00 What unpriced contracts have done

34:42 National security issue of beef

36:16 How do we fix it, ban on unpriced contracts

42:00 Impact of banning unpriced contracts

54:10 The hog industry crash and beef on dairy

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Jim Mundorf talks about recent events in the cattle industry at the Independent Cattlemen of Missouri's annual meeting.

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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan sit down with Jack Payne to talk about public lands ranching and dealing with wildfires, and the federal government agencies.

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0:00 Intro

7:09 Cattle market outlook

7:55 Public Lands Update

9:30 State Agencies defying federal orders

12:30 Anti-grazing Bureaucrats

15:00 Not being targeted vs. standing up for yourself

17:30 Wildfire, fraud, abuse, and waste

26:46 Graze it or watch it burn.

29:13 Jack's thoughts on recent Executive Orders.

32:20 How recent AI news relates to beef industry monopoly and regulations.

36:26 Challenges of finishing cattle.

40:27 Wolves

41:58 Feral horses

48:26 USFW buying up water rights

55:10 Youth correspondent update with Sage

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Cleveland Browns Hall of Famer Joe Thomas sits down with Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan to talk about transitioning from football to the cattle and beef business. Also, how he ended up in the Oval Office with President Trump.

0:00 From football to farming.

6:06 Farming to the White House.

9:49 Healing power of beef.

15:46 End of Football 18:17 Starting Cattle

23:50 Selling beef vs football

30:00 Connecting with the Trump administration

35:12 The White House visit

42:11 Dealing with the Trump haters

47:53 Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling

51:55 Super Bowl Pick

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Jim and Shad break down the reaction to the people selected to attend President Trump's Executive Order Signing in the Oval Office.

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Shad Sullivan calls in from Washington DC to talk about what it was like inside the White House and Oval Office today for President Trump's signing of cattle industry executive orders.

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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

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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

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