Lonesome Lands

Kevin Virgil is a West Point Grad, Army Ranger, ex-CIA and an entrepreneur who is running a primary campaign in Iowa's 4th district against Randy Feenstra. Kevin sits down with Jim to talk about Kevin sits down with Jim before a campaign event in Mills County Iowa, to talk about why he got into politics, the proposed carbon pipeline, Feenstra's loyalty to his donors that stand to reap huge rewards...

The Biden administration has a stated goal of conserving 30% of the U.S. land and waters by the year 2030. What does that look like and how do they intend to accomplish that goal? Margaret Byfield was the first to discover and report on this issue. She joins Jim again to give an update on the creation of Natural Asset Companies. She also explains what conservation easements, or what she calls cons...

US Department of Agriculture has mandated cattle ranchers to use electronic ID ear tags when shipping some classes of cattle. Jim Mundorf sits down with R-Calf USA CEO Bill Bullard to discuss the details of the rule, what this means for the cattle industry, the long history of USDA trying to mandate these tags, and how to possibly stop this rule from being implemented.  To Support this podcast go...

Jim talks to Nebraska Rancher, Radio and TV host Trent Loos about the corruption behind the carbon pipeline. (8:00) and his relationship over the years with Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (49:35) Trent has spent years reporting on the happenings in rural America, and is one of the most, well researched and informed people on the subject of the proposed Carbon Pipeline that is being p...

Texas and Colorado Rancher, Shad Sullivan sits down to talk about a number of issues. Shad explains how his operation works, buying cattle, grazing Texas wheat, and moving to Colorado grass in the summer. (1:30) He then gets into his media exposure over the last couple months, starting with the Glenn Beck podcast, (5:44) and how he ended up talking cattle on Fox News multiple times. (16:05) We the...

Jim Mundorf sits down with South Dakota cattle rancher and former Checkoff Beef Board Member, Vaughn Meyer to talk about the failures of the Beef Checkoff program. Jim starts off by talking about the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act that has been introduced in the Senate to stop Checkoff dollars from funding lobbyists that work against farmers and ranchers. He then gives an example of how...

South Dakota Cattle Rancher, Journalist and Agriculture Spokesperson, Amanda Radke joins Jim to go over the current battle happening in South Dakota. She talks about the carbon pipeline plans, how they started, and the current bill that is being pushed to take power out of local governments hands and hand it to the corporate controled state government. She talks about how they got to that point an...

Jim sits down with South Dakota Cattleman and R-Calf President, Brett Kenzy to talk about how politicians have handed control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture over to corporations. We talk about how the USDA is now able to "partner" with corporations with the goal of controlling farmers and ranchers carbon emissions. Also, how the real key to stopping this, is by stopping the enforcement of m...

Jim Mundorf speaking at the Black Hills Stock Show Cattlemens Seminar. Here he breaks down the lie of cattle destroying the planet. He explains how the cattle industry has agreed to this lie and how the independent farmers and ranchers are the last link in the supply chain left to stand up for the truth.  Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/lone...

The New York Stock Exchange and the SEC are trying to creart a new market for a whole new type of company called a Natural Asset Company, or NAC. Margaret Byfield of American Stewards of Liberty explains how investors in these companies would be able to control both public and privately owned land. She explains how the value of the company comes from how, "sustainably" the land is managed, giving...

Everytime cattle are sold $1 per head is taken out of the cattle producers check. This money is supposed to fund a program that develops markets for cattle and beef, but the money has been hijacked by lobbiest groups. These groups use the money to advance the interests of their corporate clients while working against the cattle producers who are forced to fund the program. In this episode Jim expl...

Jim Mundorf indtroduces the Lonesome Lands podcast. He talks about the last 6 years of Lonesome Lands, and what he hopes for this podcast to be. He also talks about his life in agriculture, the words that inspred him, the current threats to small farms and ranches, and if we are living through the tragic end of American Agriculture as we know it.  For more go to https://www.lonesomelands.com