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A Justice Department official has objected to millions of dollars in fees sought by financial advisers and a Los Angeles law firm involved in liquidating Cody Easterdays farming empire in

By Lee van der Voo, High Country News A fter the fraud at Easterday Ranches was discovered, owner Gale Easterday steered his pickup onto the...

Cody Easterday wagered hundreds of millions of dollars on the price of beef. He lost.

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Anna King/NW News Network Audio for this story will be available soon. Nearly 12,000 acres of Easterday family farmland in Benton County will likely sell for more than its $210 million asking price, according to court documents and sources with knowledge of the deal. Two big players are vying for the sweeping property near the Columbia River: Farmland Reserve’s AgriNorthwest, which is backed by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates’ ...

For Tri-State Livestock News At the end of January, Tyson Fresh Meats filed a lawsuit against one of the largest farming and ranching families in Washington, Easterday Ranches, in an effort to recover losses from fictitious fed cattle sales and feed costs. Additionally, Tyson was hoping to recover 54,000 head of cattle still standing in an Easterday feedlot north of Pasco, Wash. The lawsuit was filed in Franklin County Superior Court in Pasco. On Feb. 1, days after Tyson sued Easterday Ranches,...

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...

Tyson Audit From the Fence Post Your Trusted Source for Ag News & Information, on Dec. 21, 2020, Tyson Foods announced that an internal audit discovered one of their cattle suppliers made misrepresentations about the number of cattle purchased on behalf of the company. Tyson paid the supplier for cattle that they believed had been purchased; however, they never received those cattle. Investigations performed with the help of outside advisers revealed that the misappropriation of comp...

Tyson Supplier Paid for Undelivered Cattle Thursday Jan 14th, 2021 Tyson Foods has announced that an internal audit discovered one of their cattle suppliers made misrepresentations about the number of cattle purchased on behalf of the company. Tyson paid the supplier for cattle that they believed had been purchased; however, they never received those cattle. Investigations performed with the help of outside advisers revealed that the misappropriation of company funds caused Tyson to ...

On December 21, 2020, Tyson Foods announced that an internal audit discovered one of their cattle suppliers made misrepresentations about the number of cattle purchased on behalf of the company. Tyson paid the supplier for...