--Patrick Wood
Since 1992, war on agriculture and food production in the United States has been under fierce attack, but the greatest heat has been felt in the West.
Ranchers have had their long-existing grazing and water rights methodically stripped away on Federal land. Farmers have been relentlessly sued by environmental groups and over-regulated by the government.
The so-called Sagebrush Rebellion was just gaining momentum when Ronald Reagan was elected in 1979. As a Westerner, even Reagan counted himself part of the Rebellion.