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Legendary Pasco Ranchers File Chapter 11 After Fraud Suit Filed The issue began over a week ago, when Tyson Foods Inc. sued the Easterday Ranches operation, claiming they were defrauded over $225 million. The suit claimed Easterday Ranches, based out of Pasco, had bought, fed and cared for and provided over 200,000 head of cattle that "never existed." Easterday has been a Mid-Columbia farming-ranching 'institution' for decades. Now this week, on Monday, Easterday has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. For a number of years, Tyson reimbursed Easterday Ranches for the purchase and feed...

Send Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale filed suit against one of its beef suppliers, alleging that the vendor schemed the company out of $225 million by falsifying its cattle inventory. Want the Full Article? Readers must pay to access articles older than 15 days. Articles newer than 15 days are not included in this offer. Purchase Now

Rustle up some lawyer papers, Tyson Fresh Meats' city slickers are bringing the legal herd home to Easterday Ranches. A $225 Million fraud claim has been filed.

SALEM — State lawmakers will once again consider a moratorium on mega-dairies after the spectacular failure of a 30,000-cow operation in Eastern Oregon. A coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups backing the proposal argues mega-dairies should be regulated like other heavy industry and that, until they are, Oregon should stop permitting them. “I think that if mega-dairies had to comply with the environmental laws that all the other industries have to, they would not be as economically feasible as they are now,” said Amy van Saun, a senior attorney at the Center for ...

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 fraudulent scheme by Easterday Ranches, Tyson Fresh Meats is asking for a court-appointed receiver to tak...