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How Washington State Is Using “Paper Water” to Erase a Farm. Yanasa TV News A Hayfield, a Road, and a $121,000 Line in the Sand At 85 years old, Bob Greiff still does what his family has done since the early 1950s: grow hay on irrigated ground outside Deer Park. There is no subdivision here. No new development….
Who decides what harm looks like — and to whom? Yanasa TV News For generations, farms expanded—or didn’t—based on tangible factors: soil, water, markets, neighbors, and basic zoning rules. Today, a quieter force is reshaping those decisions across the country. It doesn’t announce itself with a ban. It arrives as a map. Environmental Justice (EJ)…
Why Bison, Ranchers, and Stewardship Still Belong Together on Working Lands. Yanasa TV News If you want to understand why so many arguments about conservation never seem to land with ranchers, you don’t need another panel discussion. You need to stand on a piece of ground where animals, grass, and people are actually interacting —…
Native the Prodigies of an Icon a documentary about the American Bison Yanasa TV News There are some stories that don’t fit inside an episode. They don’t compress well.They don’t like timelines.And they don’t survive being reduced to a talking point. The story of the American bison is one of them. That’s why Native: The Prodigies…
Are outbreaks shaping policy — or being used to stop it? Every time raw milk gets close to the ballot box, somebody finds bacteria in a bottle — and the whole debate turns into a one-farm morality play. The question isn’t whether germs exist.They do. The real question is whether we’re using outbreaks to make…
Culture, Language & Control in Modern Agricultural Policy Yanasa TV News There was a time when sustainability was a goal, not a rule. A principle.An aspiration.A conversation. Today, in agriculture, “sustainability” is increasingly a legally enforceable term—written into loan covenants, zoning ordinances, environmental permits, tax classifications, and land-use plans. And in many cases, it still isn’t clearly defined. That…
How senior water rights, environmental ideology, and federal leverage collide—and why agriculture is at risk Yanasa TV News The deadline came and went quietly. On November 11, 2025, the seven states that depend on the Colorado River were supposed to deliver a unified plan to the federal government outlining how the river would be managed…
USDA Rebukes Washington State, Agencies Push Back, and New Evidence Reshapes the Battle for Rural America Yanasa TV News As the USDA confronts Washington State over aggressive penalties and secretive criminal actions, agency leaders scramble to defend their decisions. But documents, expert analysis, and firsthand attorney testimony paint a very different picture of what actually…
How a Single Photo Sparked a Multi-Year State Crackdown—and Why the Kings’ Fight Now Threatens to Reshape the Future of Ranching in America Yanasa TV News When the State of Washington forcibly removed the King family’s cattle from 37,000 acres of state grazing land in May 2024, most of rural America didn’t hear a word…
You’re paying twenty-five bucks for a ribeye while the rancher who raised the steer can’t cover feed. Here’s why and what it’ll take to fix it. Yanasa TV News You ever wonder why you’re paying twenty-five bucks for a ribeye… but the guy who raised the steer barely makes enough to cover feed? Well, saddle…