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Courtesy of Easterday Farms public Facebook page Updated Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, 5 p.m. PT The Easterday family spread unfurls across the Columbia Basin — yawning onion farms, massive potato sheds, huge swaths of ground cut into pens for cattle and a fleet of employee vehicles and tractors.  But the Easterday family has other assets: A million-dollar house in Phoenix and a private plane and hangar.  Since December, Easterday Ranches has been embroiled in an alleged scandalous cattle rustlin...

Courtesy of Franklin County, Wash. It’s a modern-day rustling case.  A major Washington state cattle operator allegedly “fed” more than 200,000 head of cattle that didn’t exist for years. Now Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc is suing.  Tyson says in a lawsuit filed in Franklin County Superior Court this week that its losses are more than $225 million. The losses are from false cattle sales and feed costs.   “In an effort to ensure the orderly recovery of assets in the aftermath of a fraud...