Judge Rules Ranchers Can’t Be Forced To Fund USDA’s ‘Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner’ Ad Campaign

Judge Rules Ranchers Can’t Be Forced To Fund USDA’s ‘Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner’ Ad Campaign

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce The United States Department of Agriculture’s Beef Checkoff Program violates ranchers’ First Amendment rights by subsidizing a private company’s marketing campaign, a Montana judge ruled June 21. The United States District Court for the District of Montana upheld an injunction forbidding the USDA from subsidizing the Montana…

A Battle Is Brewing Over Obama’s ‘Land Grabs’ In The Western US

A Battle Is Brewing Over Obama’s ‘Land Grabs’ In The Western US

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By Michael Bastasch Republican lawmakers and ranchers relying on access to federal lands are gearing up to push back against the Obama administration’s use of a century-old law to lock up millions of acres of public lands from development. The White House has used the Antiquities Act of 1906 designate more than 260 million acres of federally-controlled lands…