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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.

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

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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

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

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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

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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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