The 2017 Census of Agriculture found a 3% decline in the total number of farms in the U.S., and that since the 1997 Ag Census the decline has been 7.8%.
A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against San Juan County, Utah, and a local rancher by an environmental rights activist who alleges she was illegally detained and falsely accused in 2017.
A proposal in Oregon seeks a ban on coyote-hunting contests, but the language runs afoul of the state’s constitution which also permits strip clubs as free speech.
An environmental activist charged with trespassing and wanton destruction of livestock in Utah pled “no contest” to Class A and Class B misdemeanor charges of “trespassing on State Trust Lands.”
