COW-CALF PRODUCERS - A Possibility

Example of Range Allotment on Split-Estate Land 

By Roni Bell 4/3/20 Cow-Calf Producers, here's a possibility you need to be aware of: Since the NCBA and its affiliates got into the real estate business (via Conservation Easements/Land Trusts/solar and wind energy etc.), their interests align more so with diminishing safe Beef - Born and Raised in the U.S.A. - and importing beef that might not be safe. You've probably wondered why. There are many reasons, including their ability to pass off the crap to America's consumers (and make $'s), and export America's superior beef (and make $'s). But here's another possibility you need to be aware of: Our government may be trying to use some split-estate (commonly but incorrectly referred to as "public") lands to collateralize loans from China and the Federal Reserve. It's a known that former administrations have turned some of our National Parks and monuments into collateral for said loans. The Split-estate lands are a bit tougher, for they have these onerous little critters called Range Allotment Owners (RAO) that own "real compensatory property" on them. RAO's are "encumbrances." And as any lender and borrower knows, collateral must be "unencumbered." Now you know a possible reason DOI, NCBA and USDA claim "Range Allotment Owners do not have any rights." It's incumbent upon them to get RAO's off the split-estate lands, so they can provide unencumbered collateral for said loans. This also insures their inclusion in the real-estate business, with the world's largest real-estate company known as The Nature Conservancy.  That's all.