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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Shad Sullivan is back from another trip to D.C. where he was part of the beef packer investigation announcement with the USDA and DOJ. Jim and Shad break down what it all means here.

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0:00 Shad's press conference

10:13 The beef packer investigation

15:08 Meeting Attorney General Blanche and Peter Navarro

20:33 JBS slave labor

23:12 Secretary Rollins changes the narrative

29:22 Where is the ag lobby?

33:00 Concentration vs. Independence

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Jim and Shad sit down with Wade and Teresa King of Washington to explain how multiple state agencies have colluded to remove them from their land and fined them $267,000.

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Jim, and Shad are back talking over the news in agriculture. Topics include: Shad's D.C. trip and testimony, the federal governments power over the agriculture industry, the Palantir USDA partnership, and more.

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0:00 Shad's trip to D.C.

15:35 Reflecting pool resurfacing

19:38 Reaction to the testimony

23:30 Federal government's power over ag

31:40 Palantir, USDA partnership

41:12 King Ranch update

43:50 BLM meeting on vacant allotments

47:45 Lobbyist vs. Rancher perspective

53:20 Potter Valley dams

59:20 Cattle industry holding on to methane scam

1:06:00 Sage reports on the Iowa state FFA convention

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Jim and Shad talk through the top stories in agriculture. Topics include King Ranch saga continues, Hank Vogler case, BLM grazing up for grabs, Jordan Levy podcast, and more.

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0:00 King Ranch saga continues

6:52 Environmental non-government organizations war on ranching

10:39 Hank Vogler case

23:40 Frontlines TPUSA cattle industry video

27:35 Biggest cattle feeder podcast

37:50 Meat packing plant videos

41:26 Sid Miller screw worm messaging

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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan sit down with Rep. Harriet Hageman to discuss what is currently going on in agriculture.

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0:00 Nebraska Wildfires

3:05 The destructive Endangered Species Act

7:40 Environmental Non Governmental Organizations fraud and corruption

14:05 Farm Bill progress 15:24 Electronic Identification mandate for cattle

19:23 Schumer meat packing bill

23:10 Getting young people back to the farms and ranches

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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan sit down with the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden inside the USDA studios, to talk about the current investigations into corporate consolidation in different agriculture industries.

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0:00 Intro. Where Stephen is from

3:15 How he ended up in Washington DC

8:23 Fertilizer prices and the current investigation

10:53 Commodity prices vs. inputs

13:17 Current investigations

19:17 Farm equipment manufacturers meeting

27:00 Comparing farm equipment and auto industries.

32:26 Property law

34:00 Meat packing investigation

44:44 Working towards a solution

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Jim and Shad detail their trip to Washington DC and the White House. First part of the podcast was recorded on Monday March 31 and the second part was recorded on Thursday the 26th from the Jefferson Auditorium in the USDA building.

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0:00 Tuesdays Ag Day celebration and the ag influencers

8:25 Wednesdays reception with lobbyists

10:00 Recapping the White House Celebration of Agriculture

14:53 Sage gives the youth report

23:23 From USDA stage, product of the USA

32:00 Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden interview recap

44:20 Peter Theil's investment in cow collars.

49:45 Nebraska Wildfires

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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan break down the week in news and agriculture. Joined this week by Sage. Topics include: Nebraska wildfire devastation, JBS strike, the farm bill, Prop 12, Trumps new hat and more.

0:00 Nebraska wildfire devastation

14:00 Disaster fund money grubbers

21:00 JBS Greeley beef plant strike

26:58 Farm Bill 2026

28:56 Carbon reduction in the Farm Bill

34:00 Ultra rich buying ranches for the tax credits.

39:43 Ag chemical corporate immunity

44:55 Prop 12 and should states have their own livestock regulations

56:22 Chicken thief 1:00:30 Trumps new hat

1:02:46 Beef Checkoff takes their methane lesson offline.

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Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan are joined by Brett Kenzy as they talk over the current state of the cattle and beef industries while breaking down the latest bill that would force meat packers to divest of their interests.

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0:00 Intro/Farmer Grocery and Farmer Relief Act

6:37 Beef industry regime change

10:42 Meat industry findings.

16:19 Limits on multiple lines of protein

22:00 Divestiture plan

28:14 Feedlot consolidation

39:45 Feedlots finding 10 buyers

45:20 JBS criminal activity

54:50 Sponsors matter

57:46 Tearful dispersals

1:02:00 Brett's fixes

1:12:15 Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling

1:13:20 New Farm Bill

1:14:09 Kristi Noem fired

1:18:05 Greeley beef plant strike

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