Bozeman man gets 2.5 years in prison for cattle rustling scheme
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and last updated 2021-05-14 21:05:55-04
A Bozeman man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and is expected to pay $450,993 restitution for a cattle rustling scheme.
Joshua James Chappa, 45, pleaded guilty on Jan. 21 to conversion of secured property and to wire fraud.
Chappa worked as a ranch manager for Hayes Ranch in Wilsall, about 25 miles north of Livingston, from 2008 until 2017. Chappa also formed his own cattle company Cold Smoke Cattle in 2015.
While working for Hayes Ranch, he had access to cattle and embryos. Prosecutors say when the owners of the ranch were out of the country, Chappa began dealing in cattle, including stealing cattle from the Hayes Ranch and selling them as if they were his own.
Bozeman man gets 2.5 years in prison for cattle-rustling scheme
MTN
and last updated 2021-05-14 19:08:47-04
A Bozeman man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and is expected to pay $450,993 restitution for a cattle-rustling scheme.
Joshua James Chappa, 45, pleaded guilty on Jan. 21 to conversion of secured property and to wire fraud.
Chappa worked as a ranch manager for Hayes Ranch in Wilsall, about 25 miles north of Livingston, from 2008 until 2017. Chappa also formed his own cattle company Cold Smoke Cattle in 2015.
While working for Hayes Ranch, he had access to cattle and embryos. Prosecutors say when the owners of the ranch were out of the country, Chappa began dealing in cattle, including stealing cattle from the Hayes Ranch and selling them as if they were his own.
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Tuesday May 11th, 2021 Cattle futures have been getting hammered lately on the sharply higher corn prices. And that has a lot of cattlemen and women talking about how they can manage risk and protect their bottom line.
Shawn Fladager is the branch manager for Northwest Farm Credit Services in Great Falls, Mont. and says there’s a risk management tool available called Livestock Risk Protection insurance that can help. The Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) has been around for over a decade now, said Fladager. It s a tool that has been available and offered by the Risk Management Agency, which is the governing body of crop insurance. It s a tool that you can use to help hedge the market for lack of a better term. If cattle futures have a sharp fall at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this program is designed to help protect producers from that.