Fly Control, Horse Meat Policy, and Federal Program Failures
The conversation kicks off with a hard look at fly control strategies, including sterile fly programs, baiting, trapping, and why wild hogs may be making the problem worse. Both hosts agree the current sterile fly program has serious flaws — the flies being released are too small to compete — and that real data is desperately needed before more taxpayer money is spent.
The discussion shifts to horse slaughter and meat regulation, tracing a Texas cattlemen's lobbying effort all the way back to 1949. Jay doesn't hold back on his criticism of federal overreach on humane euthanasia standards. Trent then breaks news about a court injunction blocking the R-Line power project through Nebraska's fragile Sandhills ecosystem. The episode wraps with a blunt assessment of NRCS wetlands program failures and $300 million in broken promises to American farmers.
