In the Rural Economy category, Yanasa News explores the financial forces shaping life in America’s heartland. From small farm profitability and local markets to supply chain disruptions and federal funding programs, we break down how economic trends and policies impact rural businesses, families, and communities. Our coverage highlights both the challenges and opportunities facing those who work the land, build local enterprises, and drive regional economies. Whether it’s rising costs, labor shortages, or grassroots innovation, we bring you the stories behind the numbers—because the health of our rural economy is the foundation of the nation.
Yanasa TV News An unprecedented rodent infestation in the Central Valley’s almond belt is spilling toxins into Monterey County’s wild pigs—turning their meat neon blue and exposing a hidden agricultural crisis. In recent months, California’s agricultural and wildlife worlds have collided in an unexpected—and alarming—way. Massive rat infestations across almond orchards in the Central Valley…
Idaho’s canceled Lava Ridge project reveals a global collision between clean energy expansion, working farmland, and the landscapes communities fight to protect. Yanasa TV News A Project Too Big to Ignore In August 2025, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stood before reporters and declared the Lava Ridge Wind Project dead. The 1,000-megawatt, 241-turbine installation, planned…
How Nebraska’s Ranchers Are Fighting to Save Grazing Land—and Their Way of Life—from a Wave of Corporate Solar Expansion Yanasa TV News Tensions Rise as Nebraska Farmland Faces a Solar Invasion Under Nebraska’s broad blue skies, the heart of America’s cattle country is facing a new kind of land rush—not for oil or railways, but…
Why Ranchers Can No Longer Trust Midpen Yanasa TV News The Case of Vince Fontana For over 55 years, Vince Fontana and his family stewarded a tract of coastal grassland, maintaining the land through managed grazing, wildfire prevention, and a deep, generational understanding of the ecosystem. But in early 2025, that stewardship came to an…
How the Spread of Data Centers Is Forcing America’s Farmers Off the Land—And Turning Rural Communities Into Digital Sacrifice Zones Yanasa TV News When Progress Means Sacrifice—But Always Someone Else’s In rural America, there’s a phrase few city dwellers have ever heard: “sacrifice zone.” It’s the term farmers and ranchers use for communities and landscapes…
How Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Threaten the Future of Family Farms—and Humanity Itself
How Texas Ranchers Are Losing Their Water to Urban Thirst—and Why the Fight for Groundwater Could Decide the State’s Rural Future Yanasa TV News Stretching across the rolling limestone hills of Central Texas, the ranches of the Hill Country are icons of the American rural landscape. Here, generations of families have carved out a living…
Behind the Scenes at Rosebud Reservation, Where Bison, Culture, and Community are Growing Stronger Together Yanasa TV News The road to healing—for land, people, and spirit—often begins with something deceptively simple: food. Not just eating, but growing, harvesting, and sharing food in a way that honors culture, history, and future generations. On the Rosebud Reservation in Mission,…
How Tyson and Big Meat’s Monopoly Tactics Are Forcing Family Ranchers Off the Land—And Why America’s Food Future Is at Stake Yanasa TV News The American heartland, once the backbone of family-owned agriculture, is facing a crisis few outside rural communities truly grasp. Beneath the supermarket’s “low prices” and corporate PR spin, small ranchers and…
The Supreme Court Catalyst: Essex Junction Case In May 2025, the Vermont Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that redefined how farming is regulated at the municipal level. The case involved Jason Struthers, a resident of Essex Junction, who operated a small backyard duck farm and an outdoor cannabis garden. When the city moved to shut down his operations based…