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

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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

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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.

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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan take the stage, after dinner at the R-Calf USA Convention and describe what the Wall Street Journal recently described as a "niche cattle podcast." They talk about how Lonesome Lands started, how they met and how the podcast came to be. They then answer questions from the audience.

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Texas Rancher from Tom Green County, Cole Covey, talks about his experience identifying, reporting and treating New World Screwworm on his Texas Ranch.

Jim and Shad discuss the reactions and misinformation swirling around the announcement of the New World Screwworm in the U.S. Other topics: Shad on Fox News, Alpha Gal, ticks, solar and wind takeover New York, Shad's weight loss, and Rcalf convention

0:00 Screwworm update

12:25 Sid Miller's misinformation campaign

15:02 Screwworm Senior Advisor

26:20 Shad's Fox News appearances

33:00 Ticks

37:45 Shad's weight loss journey

40:00 Solar and wind takeover of ranch land

47:50 New York State land grabs

55:00 Come see us at Rcalf convention

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Jim and Shad discuss the state of the current U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to former ones. Other topics: Jim's trip to Common Ground Summit, Shad's Wall Street Journal interview, the state of today's parking meters, and more.

0:00 Intro

3:55 Primary elections

11:30 Trump's USDA vs. Biden's.

20:00 Common Ground Summit Omaha

47:07 WSJ grills Shad

1:00:00 Casey Murph, not just another Arizona Rancher.

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Jim and Shad get back to breaking down the news in agriculture and the world. Topics include, unifying the cattle industry, corporate climate narrative, more law fare, removing tariffs, Palantir takeover, and more.

0:00 Unity in the cattle industry?

7:46 Corporate cattle's climate narrative continues

14:00 Freedom makers vs. Freedom takers.

20:00 Arizona Rancher taken over by solar.

30:20 Washington's King Ranch update

35:15 Removing tariffs on imported beef

40:35 Expanding limits to get producers out of the CME

44:55 Palantir's contract with the USDA and Hulk Hogan's privacy.

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Jim and Shad respond to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's podcast. While most of their accusations are ridiculous and laughable, what we don't find funny is being accused of threatening people, or causing someone to receive death threats. The obvious goal of these lies are to discredit us, and the Lonesome Lands brand, and to make it so that reputable people will no longer associate with us. We take these accusations head on playing each of them and responding.

0:00 Elitists vs. working men

9:20 The Jackass in a cornfield in Iowa and death threats

17:30 Recapping NCBA's failures

31:31 We don't have policy, but if they favor our policy we would be against our policy.

35:50 Deleting Facebook to control the narrative.

38:51 Give them double middle fingers.

49:20 Keyboard cowboys' kryptonite is facts.

59:00 Shad loading a truck.

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Jim and Shad talk over the TRQ removal rumors, shipping calves, and they respond to personal attacks by the NCBA.

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0:00 Trumps removal of TRQ rumors

9:00 Secretary Rollins fights for Ranchers

13:26 Shad's shipping calves

19:27 NCBA lies and attacks

31:23 NCBA's animal rights ties

34:00 Concentration vs. independence, platitudes vs. facts

44:00 History of NCBA failures

50:14 Lobbying against member policy

52:30 Cattle industry climate neutrality goal

58:00 AI's information takeover pushing Conservation easements

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