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This special tribute on Good Friday 2017 is to the Kris and Cara Wilson family. God gained one of the best cowboy's earth ever had on Sept 7, 2016. Today Cara shares what she has gained and what comes next for herself and her family with this loss.
In preparation for this weeks UNL Rodeo the Governor saddles up at the Capitol and takes to moment to explain the importance of rodeo past and present. It is not clearly known if Governor Pete Ricketts had a seatbelt on when riding in Downtown Lincoln.
Todd Rothleunter is the President of Valentine Livestock Auction and leads the charge in helping friends in ranching families. In Valentine on this day $30,415 is gathered that will go to help the fire victims in the Southern Great Plains.
Martha Boneta did not grow up on a farm. She did although grow up with a dream of owning a farm. After putting herself through law school she did not practice law instead her family bought a farm. What happened after that could not even be made up by Hollywood. Share the passion and energy of this true Patriot.
The day that changed the world. Young, seasoned and tired all will tell you that they view life differently after March 6, 2017. I mean when you are driving 70 mph down a road and fire passes you raging out of control you know anything could happen. Janell recounts the trials and success stories of the past 3 weeks in Clark County, Kansas.
So many emotional stories will continue to surface from the four states with extreme fire damage. The stories will continue be about ordinary people doing extraordinary things to assist people who need it. Janell shares a story about a 13 year old young man from MN who gifts his paycheck to a Ashland, KS farmer.
Coming from Edmond, OK Robert brings the Urban thought process to the erosion of property rights. No matter what your previous thoughts have been about Agenda 21 if you willingly take the time to listen you will think about things as you never have before.
The generosity of Rural America continues to shine as our friends and neighbors have been hit hard with wildfires. Today at Mobridge Livestock Market in South Dakota a roll auction will take place for all that want to be a part of the solution.
Shawna Cox learned first hand as she was tried as co-conspirator in the Federal Courtroom of Portland that judges are corrupt. You will most likely believe this is a made for radio "hollywood" broadcast or that Shawna Cox is crazy. Well Shawna is crazy for sure not many would endure what she has to expose the truth.
Holly Bamber and her family have been in the elk ranching business since 1985. 15 years ago there were 500 elk ranchers in Alberta alone today there are 130. In the mid 90's the Bamber's started harvesting and selling elk antler and today still going strong.
The old saying is that we use everything but the squeal in the harvest of a pig. Well that is goes to all of American agriculture not simply animals. Mid Missouri Energy is a farmer owned ethanol plant at Malta Bend and you will learn something you did not know about ethanol. I will bet you some alcohol on it.
For the past 5 years Leila Sweeney and her husband have been trying to bridge the gap between Rural and Urban Australia. Today she decided to use the platform of Mrs Australia to further the cause.
Jim Carlson Exec Director of the Kansas Natural Resource Coalition joins to share the plan for upcoming conference in Dodge City. Get into Dodge is the moral of the story and learn how county government uses the authority that have always had. More information at www.KNRC.org
If you are not there you can not understand the severity of this wildfire. Monte has been on the front lines of this relief effort and the 4 minutes you spend will be will serve you well.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be hosting the annual college rodeo at the Lancaster Events Center on April 14-15. In addition to barrow racing the team gets in local schools and educates students about the importance of animal ownership and care. A tremendous spokesperson for UNL Kara tells the story extremely well.
Why the is the blatantly dangerous dietary advice the government has been serving us without consequences? No matter where we have been the Keto revolution is taking us where we should be.
So exactly what would your first thought be if you were just told your home burned down? Eric and Kara Bond are from Knowles, OK and lived through the fire, in fact mentality still fighting it like we all would be.
Matt Perrier brings a first hand account or the realization setting in Kansas burned out region right now. We are all seeking the right venue to assist in the rebuilding phase, Matt saddled up to help.
Cash is the only real thing that assist all of the families that are rebuilding a lifetime of investment that left in 24 hours. Today on Loos Tales the plan is in place for Rural America to hit a home run in relief the effort.
Many families in the Ashland, KS area have lost 400 plus head of cattle. Now that the fire has been mostly contained the real impact is beginning to sink in. The generosity of Rural America makes us proud in times like these.
Cattle and homes are being lost and it is not over. Bill Broadie joins to share that last night reminds him of a horrible night in Vietnam. May God please lend a hand to the folks in the path of this raging blaze.
Sam Knipp the director of communications for American Farmers and Ranchers shares how good that feels to be able to say that. So what are the top issues in farming and where exactly is the fuzz located?
Husker Meats owned by Jim Pinney in Ainsworth, NE has been working with 7 schools this year supplying beef for school lunch. The USDA developed this local beef supply program and it is a great opportunity for students, schools and cattleman.
Mark Murphy has been a long time friend and yet it was until this week I learned his son Clayton won a medal in 2016 Olympics. This is a great story of kid from Rural America with the work ethic to win against the best in the world.
As a freshman in the Colorado House of Representatives Kimmi Lewis has authored 3 bills. The major push now is for HB17-1141 to put teeth in push back from rogue federal agents who destroy the lives of ranching families.
Dr. James Redd, LaVoy Finicum, Steven Shrader and the list goes on that are currently dead. The common denominator is FBI agent Dan Love who is currently under investigation for corruption. Oh wait he is also the key witness in the Bundy trial. Hollywood has never created a better drama than this sad true story from the West.
The swamp draining is making great progress in the USDA. Not sure if you know it or not but much of your private information is available to the public and animal rights organizations. Well maybe we should say it was available.
Who could imagine that today you would pay more annually for property taxes than the actual original purchase price of the land? Wayne County landowner Don Liedman shares many stories that are just hard to believe. Even the Omaha World Herald is sharing the real story Ricketts calls plan to alter how ag land is valued ‘a big deal’
http://www.omaha.com/townnews/economics/rural-landowner-group-stands-with-ricketts-as-he-promotes-property/article_0f2bba6a-dbec-590c-834f-32ba0135c97a.html
Animal agriculture improves human lives beyond the nutritional value. Today a post from Jarrod Bakker about pigs made my day.
How could a conversation turn from the pleasantries of Hereford hogs into murder of white farmers? My friends in many parts of the country will not feel comforted by this especially in North Dakota. It is about the land man.
How about that for a 16th birthday gift from your mother? Weston Jones has strong convictions about freedom in the U.S. and is not afraid to share in the classroom or on the radio.
This week it was floated about that private landowners hold the key to saving plant and animal species. Well maybe a worthy discussion but this Loos Tales shares concerns about Africa's approach to get here.
The meeting in John Day, OR will lead a revival that change the whole nation. One cowboys stand for freedom lives on.
Today marks the one year anniversary of the killing of LaVoy Finicum in Oregon. We will share a couple of his One Cowboy Stands for Freedom YouTube presentations in his honor.
An interesting perspective from a self acknowledged former liberal and socialist. Kris Anne Hall travels the nations pathways explaining how we once again achieve the "rights" the Constitution grants us as human beings and citizens of the United States of America.
Inauguration weekend certainly brought about a whole new level of conversation nationwide. Too many of the freedoms our Founding Fathers granted us have eroded but there is a huge different between peaceful protest and destroy property.
During chores last night Landri J ask me something that caught even me off guard. That discussion led to an entire awaking about heat and the next great Yorkshire boar name. All because she started the bags on fire.
Campaigning Donald Trump said“But I may cut Department of Education. I believe Common Core is a very bad thing. I believe that we should be — you know, educating our children from Iowa, from New Hampshire, from South Carolina, from California, from New York. I think that it should be local education.” Now I say let's make it happen.
Brenda Cochran and her husband Joseph continue to milk cows in Tioga County, PA despite below break even prices. What is the reform we need to put in place to get this changed right now?
The last cabinet position to be filled in the upcoming Trump administration is the Secretary of Agriculture. With very justifiable logic Trent shares with the President why a bonafide farmer should get the tap on the shoulder.
The Simmental breed is the happening thing this year at the 2017 NWSS. Entries are up, attitudes about genetic progress are positive and retired KSU professor joins to explain the next tier of beef quality.
Todd Erickson has spent the last 25 years preparing and pulling off the Lawry's Beef Bowl. Each team brings their squad to the restaurant in nutritional preparation for the Rose Bowl with PRIME RIB. https://www.facebook.com/Lawrys-Beef-Bowl-120346964698932/
Nebraska Gov Pete Ricketts shares all the reasons we are so proud to call Nebraska home. One of the reasons is the giving spirit and we are an open state but what about this refugee dumping by the Feds that we can't get answers too?
Once we get beyond the hand signal issue between estrogen and testosterone barrier humans we get to the real meat of the matter. Today consumers have no clue how to cook and it scares them. Education is a must.
A great way to start the first week of the year on Rural Route Radio with a great discussion about trade and pubcasting from Canada. Wendell is a ruminant nutritionist who has moved himself into the realm of blogging and podcasting to assist consumers in myth busting.
On June 22, 2016 Kris Wilson joined Loos Tales to talk about his Western Faithbook Cowboy devotional that continues today. We lost Kris to the great remuda in the sky on Sept 7, 2017 and yet he continues to touch lives in a positive way everyday here on earth.
On Jan 7, 2017 there we been a benefit auction for Susie Hammond wife of Dwight and mother of Stephen Hammond who were sent back to prison for protecting property rights. Ammon Bundy recorded this conversation with me from Malheur National Wildlife refuge on Jan 9, 2016. Please help the Hammonds https://www.facebook.com/events/339139403132349/
Joining me today from Southern California David Kam explains why buffalo need to be in a wildlife preserve not on farms/ranches. He is using the #NoDAPL as a true cash cow.
One would think today we would address the VFD era of food animal agriculture that begins on Monday. NOPE we discuss the misguided notion that Ohio has that food should be purchases instead grown by 50,000 inmates.
Rob Sharkey from Northern Illinois has found his voice via podcasting while still farming in challenging Illinois politics. Not giving the squeaky wheel too much of a platform while speaking the truth is a fine line.
Wayne Hanson the Chairman of the Board for Wreaths Across America and 24 year volunteer will bring this home today. If you can image 44,000 people on Dec 17, 2016 placing 245,000 wreaths on grave markers for our nation's Veterans. Sit for a spell and enjoy this I did.
On her own accord Landri learned and on the spur of the moment can say the books of the Bible. This Valentine's Day special makes a pair of parents extremely proud.
Okay we may talk shop for a bit in particular what is incorrectly marketed as "milk" today. But we quickly get into what makes Christmas so special and it is the kids who keep the real giving spirit as a priority. Thanks Melissa.
On the evening of Jan 26, 2016 while in route to John Day, OR for a meeting in Grant County LaVoy Finicum was gunned down. Just before they departed Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Ammon Bundy spent a few minutes with Trent on the radio. That "Meeting That Never Happened" will take place Jan 28, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/events/221507451616026/
The generosity of folks in Rural America for neighbors in need is quite incredible. Today I revisit the destruction of the 2016 Anderson Creek Fire in Kansas because we have friends in Nebraska that had same experience yesterday.
In the spirit of Christmas Todd and Trent stray from normal discussion about maintaining property rights to maintaining macho Cowboy image. I mean who brags about a sheep giving you a knockout punch to the face or a mule dumping you on a 5 wire fence? Todd and Trent that's who.
Kristi Diener from the Central Valley in California says "I am just mom and farmer's wife but enough is enough." Public hearings have taken place and folks there is only so many 40% cuts in 100% do you get that?
As I begin my recap of travels in 2016 the year started in Harney County, Oregon at the home of some great Americans. Life for the Hammonds has been completely destroyed because they believe in the promise of property rights. Please check out https://www.facebook.com/events/339139403132349/
Kate Miller "The Meat Lady" gives us great insight into education and marketing of meat to today's consumers. In particular what are millennials thinking when it comes to meat consumption? Honestly she sheds light on food spending that shocks me.
The Meat Lady Kate Miller from Houston, TX joins to discuss how healthy millennials actually eat. While Gen X spend $60/month on meat purchases the formerly known whacky bunch spends $200/month. Check her out online TheMeatLady.com
New Fashion Pork has a division called Old Fashion Pork and people incorrectly believe the old is knew. Emily brings a great perspective as she grew up on a farm herself and certainly has been there done that.
New Fashion Pork began with husband and wife team Brad and Meg Freking from Jackson, MN. Today the farm consist of 400 employees on their farms in addition to a partnership of Triumph Foods. If you truly want to understand modern agriculture listen to this you will thank me...and Brad.
Near Belfield, ND about 150 west of where current Dakota Access Pipeline protest have been occurring there was an oil spill on Dec 5, 2016. I believe this proves what most have been saying the entire time, the oil pipeline does not pose a risk to water supplies or the environment.
No better time than now to introduce our nation's school children to the Cowboy Ethic as penned by James P. Owen. Special Operations Director of Elkhart County Farm Bureau Dwight Moudy tightens the cinch and promotes riding for the brand.
https://www.facebook.com/dwight.moudy
Get informed in today's information highway there is no reason to fall prey to fraud. Despite the truth I estimate that $20 million has been squandered away in the name of stopping a pipeline. In addition Marty Beard joins to discuss the truth of meat consumption.
As the tribute to the life of Ross Hirschfeld was airing a 10 year old young man walked up to me at the Indiana Farm Bureau convention. He wants to take a stand for agriculture.
This is quite the high energy discussion with a typical buffet of topics joining in Tony Wolfe and Richard Chattin of Southern Indiana. We talk current farm crisis, young leaders and welfare mothers.
On Dec 8, 2016 we celebrate the life and impact one human being can have on thousands. We pay tribute the life of Ross Hirschfeld and Grant Norman a lifelong family friend hits it out of the park in doing it the "Ross way." YEPPERS
A typical North Dakota blizzard has come and lives are in jeopardy. Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault actually admits on KFYR TV that the pipeline has the right to build but we like the noise.
www.SteaksForTroops.com strikes again in Texas. The All American Beef Battalion is quite proud to feed the unit during their family Christmas party in Belton, TX. Mike Arnold receives the certificate of appreciation from Col. Adame.
If we true want to explain the importance of food production we must be willing to engage in the process. From the Superior Livestock Auction sale in Fort Worth Kelley walks us through the avenues she pioneers in blasting a trail to the frontier.
Pride to be a Patriot and celebrate all the wonderful things about being an American. Ace and Trent have a great discussion about standing shoulder to shoulder for the citizens of America no matter what walk of life they come from.
Governor Pete Ricketts was in China on a trade mission during the general election 2016. You might find it interesting his comments about the Chinese respond to a Trump win. Additionally we discuss the overall importance of trade to the health and wellbeing of the Unites States.
Two individuals sympathetic to the cause of the Standing Rock Sioux explain why they came to the protest and why they left the protest/riot/terrorism. David Schutz is forced to get back to MA without even his ID.
Michelle went to Standing Rock standoff because of her Native American blood. She is willing to fight for the cause she believes in yet what she found at #NoDAPL is not what she expected from viewing it online. Many more will come forward with similar stories.
David Schutz came to the Standing Rock protest from Massachusetts to see for himself what is going on. After being robbed and assaulted he is warning all others to stay away and don't send money.
There truly are no comparisons between what is currently happening in Morton County, ND and what happened earlier this year in Harney County, Oregon. The Not Guilty verdict is in and how surprised are you?
In 2014 Blake Danner won the Grand Champion market hog honors at the American Royal. That pig sold at auction and the Danner family donated 10% to the American Royal as scholarship opportunities for other young people in agriculture.
So today we wonder a bit off topic with Todd's history as a Prep Joc but we do get to the real meat of the trial. The closing brought about some unbelievable statements from the prosecution. It is an amazingly fast 48 minutes.
Matt Rockwell like so many Oregon ranchers has had a year filled with anxiety. He simply held a community meeting to discuss the U.S. Constitution and our rights as citizens only to have his own Senators say he was "spreading the virus."
How much Government involvement does it take to keep the Rural areas of the world alive and vibrant? That is the question pursued today in addition to what the business of farming needs to continue to thrive.
Erin Maupin from Harney County, OR was not allowed to testify in the Federal trial in Portland. In fact why were woman in general not allowed on the stand. Where is the Bible? She joins Todd MacFarlane and myself today with update on current happens of the trial.
Experience Agriculture Today the first annual event hosted by the Owasso FFA Chapter. This chapter in the suburbs of Tulsa has 175 members and they have zero "traditional" farm/ranch kids. Don't miss this event as Ag instructor Jonathan Holloway explains.
The "Forgot Americans" are top of mind to quite a few people these days. The hard working church going patriotic folks who make up the fabric of this country must step up and demand greater strength in leaders and our country. More about The New Terrorism at http://www.thenewterrorism.com/
What is the division within the Republican party all about? Not really about some statement demeaning women 11 years ago is it? Trent will bring it all full circle in the show.
After 7 years of being Pub owner in Rural England Abigail is taking class learning to be a farmer. This time Trent ask all the questions next time Abigail will be asking.
I really can not believe all the "noise" about the day we celebrate Columbus discovering the New World. Lets put it all into context really with factual history.
This Kansas cowgirl and TV personality has put together a very clever, witty and creative video explaining why she should be the co-host for Live with Kelly. Oh and it was her horseback skills that leads me to believe she is perfect for the job.
Dr. Dorman has just returned from the World Animal Health conference in the Netherlands where the European message is to reduce animal antibiotic usage. But what impact is it making on the issue at hand, human born bacteria with resistance to antibiotics?
This young lady Courtenay DeHoff is a Kansas TV personality but at heart a true Cowgirl. Watch her video http://livekelly.com/live/kelly-and-you/ and vote to send this Rural Advocate to the national stage. Courtenay is perfect example of how grow up teaches life skills that last.
Doug Hille joins today representing the folks in Morton County, ND living in pure hell. School buses have constant police escorts, 15 year olds are manning home doors with loaded firearms and innocent people are being stopped by mobs on the highways. The real story must be told here.
Kathy Tokach joins with Marty Beard to spread the word about the 5th annual 5K run this weekend. Marty agrees to join in somewhat either way this show will bring a smile to your face.
Living her whole life as a "city person" Judith D. Schwartz has recently had an entire awakening about soil health and what it takes to keep it. It is arrived from managing the system rather than demonizing one living thing.
The Boonstra family is a young farming family from Manitoba. Instead of Chelsea coming back to farm at home the family suggested she get in the outside world for experience first. She did and is an agronomist that today does a tremendous job in explaining Precision Farming and soil health.
With so many editorials popping up across the country about why the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation happened in the first place this is a must listen to. IF YOU CARE ABOUT TRUTH THAT IS.
It is the document that has granted us the best chance on earth of making a difference. Although how would you fare in a quiz about the history of the U.S. Constitution? Trent fails and Kathy sails. How about you?
Under the pretense of animal abuse Sylvia has had the "lawmakers" steal everything she owns and loves from her and nobody is there to help. This edition of Rural Route will give cause to lend a needed hand.
The erosion of animal ownership continues in the USA and no one keep a better pulse on the front lines that Mindy Patterson of Cavalry Group. We don't have an animal welfare problem we have an animal activist problem please help set the record straight.
On Sept 2, 2009 the 173 hunting dogs that sustained the livelihoods of this 3rd and 4th generation Turner County SD farm family were stolen from them. HSUS planned and used this family for fundraising purposes without any regard for the very animals they lie about protecting. Wake up folks this could happen to you too.