Glenn Beck tells Trump how to BREAK the ‘beef cartel’ that's crushing American ranchers



Beef prices keep climbing, but small ranchers aren’t seeing the profits. So where is the money going?

Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes the answer lies in an industry dominated by a small number of meat-processing companies and a regulatory system that makes it nearly impossible for smaller competitors to enter the market.

And during a conversation with President Donald Trump, he let him know.

“Please when it comes to beef, please look at the cartel that is the meat-processing cartel,” Glenn tells Trump.

“I run a ranch, so I know what it’s like. And I’m telling you, it is the processing plants.”


“There’s four of them, and I think two of them are not even American. It’s bad. And I believe they’re colluding with each other,” he adds.

“I’m surprised because that’s been going on a long time, Glenn. Long before I got here,” Trump interjects.

“Help us. ... We can’t butcher with all of the federal regulations. It is really hard,” he says, noting that the “inspections are insane.”

“Break the back of those processing plants though. There’s people that want to build processing plants everywhere. The regulations are killing us, just killing us,” he adds.

“So you’re saying with less regulation, you think that the ranchers and farmers would do a very good job of processing the beef?” Trump asks.

“Yes,” Glenn answers.

And it’s not just Glenn who’s noticed the issue regulations are causing small farms and ranches, as a caller from West Virginia called in to share his story when it comes to the agriculture industry.

“My father was a farm veterinarian for 51 years,” he tells Glenn. “Over my entire lifetime, I have watched the complete destruction of the agriculture industry everywhere. From what chemicals you can use to where you take your cows to you name it.”

“Complete destruction. West Virginia passed a law that people might like. It’s called the farm-to-table law. They bypass the USDA. They have to meet West Virginia standards. But we got a lot of farm-to-table stores here now and completely bypass that whole ag industry,” he adds.

Glenn is hopeful that after bringing the issue up to President Trump, they might see more similar changes in the future.

“Anything that we can do to give relief to our ranchers and our farmers on regulation, which is what the president and I spoke about today, and hopefully he will act on it,” Glenn says.

“People are tired of all this processed food, not knowing where it comes from. I know if my ranch, if I could slaughter the beef and have standards obviously, but slaughter the beef, cut the beef, and sell it in the local grocery store, we’d save a ton of money on meat,” he continues.

“Right now, I think we sell my cattle, I think, in Denver, and then they’re finished off with grain someplace else ... and then they’re slaughtered. I mean, I don’t even know where they go. It’s insane. It’s stupid ... and it’s these big processing plants, man. That’s the problem,” he adds.

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Canada hits Maine farmers with 250% tariffs — and JD Vance is over it



Canada often enjoys a reputation as America's friendly neighbor, but Vice President JD Vance says the relationship has been anything but fair for U.S. workers and farmers.

In a recent speech on cross-border trade, Vance went in on Canada for imposing steep tariffs on American products while benefiting from the security and economic advantages provided by the United States.

The recent tariffs include 250% on Maine dairy while providing a free pass for Chinese goods through the back door and zero reciprocity.

“First of all, I’d say we’re very mindful of the fact that Maine is a border state with Canada. There’s a lot of cross-border transactions between Maine and Canada. And what we’re trying to do here is just make sure that Maine actually gets a fair deal,” Vance began.


He went on to say that not just Canada but China have “been the two worst countries when it comes to trade policy anywhere in the world.”

“Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America,” he said, asking, “And so how does Canada actually respond to that? By treating the people of Maine fairly?”

“No, they apply ridiculous tariffs and other nontariff duties on Maine products coming into Canada and they don’t expect Maine or anybody else to fight back,” he answered.

“We’re sick of that. We are actually going to fight back against unfair trade practices whether it’s coming from China or Canada,” he added.

“Good. And that is true. He’s absolutely right about that,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments.

“And by the way, it’s not just Maine products. It’s all U.S. products,” he adds.

Vance continued to explain that while you buy “dairy, cheese, butter, milk that comes from Canada into Maine, you probably are buying a product that has 0% tariffs on it.”

However, he went on, “If a Maine farmer sends dairy products into Canada, they could be paying as much as a 250% tariff.”

“Now, how is it fair to the farmers of Maine that they pay 250% when the Canadian farmers pay nothing? That unfairness is something that we just have to fix,” he added.

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If Trump Wants To Reduce Beef Prices, He Should Help Struggling Farmers Grow Their Herds

Instead of looking for short-term Band-Aids to mask the beef price problem heading into the mid-terms, the Trump admin should instead focus on ways to incentivize heifer retention in order to increase long-term cattle supply.

Rural health is the next MAHA frontier



As a Virginia farmer, I have spent years fighting regulatory overreach and corporate consolidation that hollow out rural America.

So when Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) recently led the effort to remove a pesticide-liability shield from the House farm bill, rural families had reason to cheer.

If we are serious about children’s health in rural America, we should examine whether newer technologies can reduce toxic exposures.

The provision would have given pesticide manufacturers such as Bayer broad protection from “failure to warn” lawsuits brought by Americans who allege glyphosate caused their cancer. It also would have limited the ability of states and local communities to establish no-spray zones near schools and weakened protections for waterways.

In other words, it was top-down federal overreach and a corporate handout disguised as “regulatory uniformity.” It had no place in legislation meant to serve farmers and rural families.

Luna’s amendment passed 280-142, with more than 70 House Republicans joining all but six Democrats.

Republicans such as Luna deserve credit for refusing to grant blanket immunity to corporations at the expense of American families. They also showed that Make America Healthy Again can become a governing philosophy — one that puts children, families, and farmers ahead of well-connected industries.

More than three years after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his presidential campaign and later joined forces with President Donald Trump, the MAHA movement continues to secure policy victories with consequences that families may feel for decades.

The pesticide fight is only one part of a much larger question. Once policymakers begin examining preventable chemical exposures, the issue does not stop at the edge of the field.

Former Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), a nurse and Tea Party leader, has noted that many of the same rural children whose schools and waterways Luna’s amendment would protect also spend hours each week riding older diesel school buses. Exposure to diesel exhaust has been linked to pediatric asthma, ADHD, and other health and developmental concerns.

If we are serious about children’s health in rural America, we should examine whether newer technologies can reduce those exposures.

That does not mean Washington should dictate transportation choices to rural districts. It means farmers and small-town families should have a seat at the table and access to resources when cleaner options, including electric school buses, become practical.

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The American Lung Association projects more than $43,000 in health savings per electric bus through reductions in asthma attacks and respiratory illness. Electric buses are also substantially quieter than diesel models, which could benefit students with autism or sensory sensitivities.

Each community should weigh the costs and benefits for itself. But the issue deserves serious local consideration.

Rural water quality deserves the same attention.

A recent national analysis found that more than one in five Americans receive drinking water from systems with elevated nitrate levels associated with cancer and birth defects. Many of the hardest-hit communities are in agricultural regions.

Researchers and public health advocates have also raised concerns about PFAS “forever chemicals” contaminating farmland and groundwater, sometimes forcing farming operations to shut down.

Farmers understand better than anyone that stewardship has consequences. The land, water, and infrastructure we pass to the next generation will shape rural health long after today’s political battles are forgotten.

Reducing unnecessary exposures and modernizing aging infrastructure where it makes sense are practical, pro-family goals that fit squarely within the MAHA vision.

Luna and her colleagues showed that Congress can still deliver for rural American families when lawmakers put them ahead of corporate interests.

They should keep going.

‘It’s very sinister’: Eva Vlaardingerbroek BANNED from the UK for dissent



Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek is well known for her criticism of Keir Starmer and mass immigration policies, which has resulted in the U.K. allegedly revoking her travel authorization.

“I just don’t see the inner hidden Nazi that everybody, I guess, in Parliament, in Europe, feels you are,” Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck tells Vlaardingerbroek.

“I actually got banned back in January already. I received an email out of the blue,” she explains.

“I posted a tweet calling Keir Starmer an evil, despicable man just three days prior to receiving that email, and I had been on the phone with Tommy Robinson privately confirming that I would be speaking at that rally,” she says.


“When we’re talking about the many, many attacks on free speech here in Europe … I received a message from Apple a year ago saying that my phone was under mercenary spyware attack. Meaning someone’s listening to me all of the time,” she continues.

“I can only speculate, but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone thought, ‘Hmm, the fact that she’s calling out Starmer for what he is … and that she’s planning to go and speak again at that rally, and it was such a success last time, we want to avoid that from happening again,’” she tells Glenn.

“And now they’re banning basically everyone who was coming from abroad to speak at that rally,” she adds.

Glenn points out that they have also “pushed aside all of the working class, the farmers” and “destroyed the factories.”

“They’ve destroyed these communities. Now they’ve moved in people that just don’t seem to want to be English. They don’t want the culture. They want their own culture. … And, you know, Sharia law in particular is incompatible with the Western culture. It cannot happen or coexist,” he tells Vlaardingerbroek.

“And the list of countries where they’ve tried it shows it fails every single time. I’m trying to figure out where these elites think they’re going to end up. I mean, how do they even begin to think this is going to work for their country? What is their plan?” he asks.

“I think it’s very sinister,” Vlaardingerbroek answers, pointing out that those who are speaking out against immigration and the attack on free speech are growing in numbers.

“And he clearly fears that,” she says of Starmer. “So that’s what I think this comes down to. They want to suppress that at all costs.”

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‘The storm is here’: Glenn Beck delivers urgent plan to prepare for the coming food supply crisis



A “monster drought” is currently affecting more than 61% of the lower 48 U.S. states — the highest level for this time of year since 2000 — with nearly all of the Southeast and two-thirds of the West parched. Concerns over wildfires, water supplies, food prices, and even shortages are mounting quickly.

Glenn Beck pulls no punches about the severity of this drought: “The South is baked. Sugar cane, rice, peanuts, fruit trees [are] choking under severe, extreme, and even exceptional drought. Out in the plains (that's our bread basket), winter wheat is sitting in dust; it can't germinate because it doesn't have the water. In the West, the mountain snow pack is vanishing before our eyes.”

Our farmers, he warns, are “barely hanging on,” and that burden will soon impact us.

“Food costs are going up and not a little — a lot. Beef, grains, produce, everything that comes from the fields all across our fruited plain. It's going to cost more at the grocery store, and it's coming sooner and faster than most people want to even admit,” says Glenn.

He urges his audience to start by fasting and praying.

“I'm asking you to fast and pray for rain all across the country. I'm asking you to fast and pray for our farmers because our farmers are under extreme stress. ... They are probably the most important cog in the chain of this machinery,” he says.

The second thing Glenn implores his audience to do is “stop depending on this system.”

“It is really important that you become as food independent as possible. If you don't have food storage, you should. If you have a scrap of yard, plant a garden this spring — tomatoes, beans, potatoes, greens, anything you can grow. Anything,” he pleads.

Whether it’s starting a “neighborhood garden,” learning how to “preserve” different foods, or “[stocking] a little extra when you can,” the time to prepare is now.

“This isn't just about rain or fertilizer prices, market prices. ... We are in a spiritual war, and I'm telling you, the very gates of hell will come against us in the days ahead,” Glenn warns.

Our current state of disunity, he cautions, will only make matters worse.

Glenn begs his audience to seek unity: “This too shall pass, but it will pass a whole lot easier if we stop pulling in different directions and start sticking together; if we stop hating one another and start helping one another; if we start to get to know our neighbors and say, ‘Look, I don't care how you vote, man, but have you seen the price of food?"’

“Plant your seeds in the ground, and plant seeds of love in your heart and in your faith, and get ready because the storm is here.”

To hear more, watch the video above.

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The Iran War Threatens To Pull The Plug On American Farming’s Life Support

America’s energy-dependent food supply is highly vulnerable to a global spike in oil prices and to many other potential disruptions.

This new laser farming technique could free us from pesticides — forever



Farming with lasers will make you healthier — here's how.

An attachment, powered by artificial intelligence, could save farmers from a seemingly ever-present headache, while producing a higher yield than ever before.

'[This] is now the cheapest way to control weeds in the vegetable fields.'

This laser farming technique uses powerful 240-watt lasers, high-resolution cameras, Nvidia processors, and nearly two dozen simple LED lights.

The operation is called "laser weeding," and it comes from company Carbon Robotics, which has developed technology to destroy weeds with lasers while keeping crops intact, seemingly eliminating the need for pesticides that contain harmful chemicals.

"Optimal thermal energy destroys the meristem, stopping regrowth and returning weeds to organic biomass," the company says on its website.

The machine looks almost like a UFO when in action, with lights flashing and little puffs of smoke coming off the ground. The "LaserWeeder" is slowly pulled over the crops and targets weeds — using AI programming to identify them — and takes them out with a laser.

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United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently promoted the technique on "The Joe Rogan Experience," telling the host that one farmer he interviewed in Texas had dropped her costs from $1,500 per acre (to pay for pesticides and labor) to $300 per acre.

"It's a million-dollar machine, which sounds like a lot, but you got 8,000 acres and you're paying $1,500 an acre per growing season," Kennedy explained.

"[This] is now the cheapest way to control weeds in the vegetable fields. ... It kills the weeds at every stage of their life," he continued. "It identifies their species and kills them instantly, all the way down through their root system by exploding them with this laser."

Kennedy went further and said for farmers who are using the machine, they've seen a "30% increase in productivity" on the farm.

"It's a million-dollar machine, but it pays back," he reiterated.

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Rogan asked a few simple questions about the machinery, including whether it would impact food and if it could be used for bugs.

The answers to those questions were "no" and "yes," respectively.

"They can do it for bugs too. ... They identify them and zap them," Kennedy claimed, while adding there is no "impact" on the food.

According to Carbon Robotics, the machinery lowers weed control costs by 80% per year and kills 99% of weeds that grow around carrots, herbs, onions, and leafy greens.

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Texas is losing farms — and Nate Sheets plans to save them



Nate Sheets is not only a fifth-generation Texan, entrepreneur, and founder of Nature Nate’s Honey, but he’s now the Texas agriculture commissioner — and he has big plans for Texas.

Sheets ran on supporting local Texas farmers, protecting local agriculture, and improving the quality of the food we eat.

“I’m running to be Texas agriculture commissioner because we’re losing agriculture like never before and we have a pandemic of health crisis related to the food that we’re eating in America,” Sheets told BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey’s father, Ron Simmons, on “Relatable.”


“I’ve been endorsed by Governor Greg Abbott. I want to make agriculture great again. And we're going to get out there and help farmers and ranchers. We lost 68 farms this week, and we don’t have to continue to do that,” he explained.

And Simmons believes Sheets has it in him to do just that, noting that on each jar of honey, Sheets used to have his cellphone number, which he would answer in the middle of the night.

Now, Sheets keeps a Bible verse on each jar of honey.

“He followed in the footsteps of those businessmen, like the Greens with Hobby Lobby, that not only … talk the talk, but walk the walk in their business world to help build the kingdom," Simmons explains.

“He’s committed to trying to help Texas live a healthier life,” he says, “and the Department of Agriculture in Texas is a big part of doing that.”

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Farmers' Almanac rescued from extinction, keeping 200-year tradition alive: 'It felt wrong'



A family-owned winter sports company is stepping in to save a critical piece of Americana.

Based in Maine, the 208-year-old publication had seemingly released its final edition in November, after offering weather predictions and gardening advice for more than two centuries.

'It felt wrong to stand by while an irreplaceable piece of our national heritage disappeared.'

The company wrote a heartfelt goodbye on its website toward the end of the year, saying that the 2026 Farmers' Almanac would be its final release.

"Though the Almanac will no longer be available in print or online, it lives on within you," editors Sandi Duncan and Peter Geiger wrote.

Fading fast

While the team did not give a specific reason for the closure in their post, CBS News reported that the publishers cited growing financial challenges involved with producing and distributing in today's "chaotic media environment."

As the almanac was starting to fade from public memory, publisher Tim Konrad stepped in.

Konrad founded family-owned media company Unofficial Networks, which focuses on content related to skiing, snowboarding, national parks, mountain adventures, and outdoor exploration.

"I saw the announcement that one of America's most enduring publications was set to close, and it felt wrong to stand by while an irreplaceable piece of our national heritage disappeared," Konrad said in a press release on the almanac's website.

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'Living link'

Describing the publication as an important piece of American history, Konrad said it is "more than just a book — it's a living link to generations of knowledge and curiosity about the natural world."

In addition to a photo alongside Geiger, the entrepreneur said he has been working closely with the team to preserve its most beloved content, like its long-range weather forecasts, humor, and the publication's "distinctive voice."

Geiger praised the transition and exclaimed, "An American tradition continues!"

The editor went on to say that the values and wisdom of the almanac have been protected and nurtured for 200 years, and he is grateful to have found the "right next custodian in Tim Konrad."

Geiger added, "I am also confident he will honor its heritage and carry it forward for generations to come."

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New harvest

The Farmers' Almanac — not to be confused with rival publication The Old Farmer's Almanac — was founded in 1818 by poet and astronomer David Young and publisher Jacob Mann. It will continue to be accessible online, with plans to revive the annual print edition in future volumes.

Unofficial Networks has built a strong brand and following in its own genre, garnering over 250,000 subscribers on its YouTube channel. The channel features first-hand footage of avalanches along with skiing content.

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