Explore the heart of America’s food and fiber systems in the Agriculture category of Yanasa News. Here, we cover the challenges, innovations, and triumphs shaping modern farming and ranching. From regenerative practices and livestock management to market trends and weather impacts, our reporting highlights the real-world experiences of those who grow our food and steward the land. Whether it’s a small family farm or a large-scale operation, we bring you the stories that matter to producers, consumers, and advocates for a resilient agricultural future.
Yanasa TV News Oklahoma ranchers lose dozens of cattle as saltwater contamination seeps into Five Mile Creek. EAKLY, Okla. — A creeping saltwater contamination has turned Five Mile Creek into a danger zone for livestock and raised alarm among ranchers over their water supplies. At Least 25 Cattle Lost; Threats to Water Rancher Mike Loula says he’s…
Yanasa TV News Government Policy Is Squeezing Family Farms — Why the UK’s Crisis Feels Familiar in Rural America A record wave of UK farm closures, looming inheritance-tax changes, subsidy whiplash, and labor bottlenecks are reshaping Britain’s countryside. Across the Atlantic, U.S. farms face their own squeeze—from the estate-tax “sunset” to water rules, animal-housing mandates,…
Yanasa TV News A child’s learning project turned into a zoning controversy. A Complaint That Sparked a “Ban” Narrative This spring, a Santa Rosa family received a code-enforcement complaint against their 9-year-old son’s backyard hives. Social media erupted with claims that the city had “banned” beekeeping outright. But that wasn’t exactly true. The complaint, filed…
Yanasa TV News On a podcast cross-over, Yanasa TV’s Charlie warns that an eye-popping fine against an elderly hay farmer isn’t an isolated mistake—it’s a template. When the Fearless Podcast invited Charlie of Yanasa TV on to talk about an elderly hay farmer in Washington State, the story sounded small at first: a man, a field, 20…
Yanasa TV News As Colorado debates the $99M Shoshone water rights deal, farmers brace for tighter curtailments, higher uncertainty, and a precedent that could redefine who controls the river’s most senior flows. Colorado’s water heavyweights are fighting over one of the most senior rights on the main-stem Colorado River—the Shoshone hydropower right near Glenwood Springs….
Yanasa TV News Public backlash paused new rules and kept lifelines for small farms alive. When Oregon’s land-use agency floated changes that many farmers feared would narrow what a “farm stand” can do, the backlash was immediate and loud. Farm owners, customers, counties, and advocacy groups piled on with comments, coverage, and calls to the…
Yanasa TV News USDA chief blasts “INSANE” 5-CFS cut as PG&E surrenders the project—can D.C. save Potter Valley before the harvest dies? Signed in D.C., Felt on the Farm: FERC’s 5-CFS Greenlight Drains Potter Valley’s Spigots When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins posted that the Potter Valley shutdown “was just flagged for me… INSANE. I’m on…
Yanasa TV News Protect the border, respect the land: a pro-security case for fair pay, narrower corridors, and real farm access in South Texas. STARR COUNTY, Texas — Border wall construction is moving forward again in the lower Rio Grande Valley. In late August, federal officials cleared the way for about 4.7 miles of new, non-contiguous wall segments…
Yanasa TV News “I don’t make a $100,000… probably in my whole life.” To be clear, laws must be respected for societies to function properly. But governments must not use the law as a weapon against its own citizens. The abuse of power within Washington’s Department of Ecology can be described in one word “PREDATORY.” …
Yanasa TV News HESS Leak of over 20,000 barrels of Oil + Brine Floods North Dakota Farm Fields It’s not the biggest spill in U.S. history—but it’s big enough to matter. Hess’s leak outside Stanley, North Dakota released an estimated 20,000 barrels (≈840,000 gallons)of an oil-and-brine emulsion, putting it in the same size class as the 2013 Tioga/Tesoro…