Keith Fountain Law PLLC

08/28/2026

If you love wildlife and nature as I do, take the time to read this Substack by Casey Anderson.

Why did nature make us capable of seeing its beauty?

08/25/2026

🧬 Good cattle don't happen by accident.

The decisions we make today influence our customers' herds for generations to come. That's why genetics and data matter.

We collect and evaluate data throughout an animal's development to help us make more informed breeding and selection decisions. That information, combined with phenotype and real-world performance, helps us identify cattle that can add value where it matters most.

For us, it's not about chasing numbers. It's about using the numbers to help produce better, more predictable cattle.

📅 Florida Prime Brangus Genetics Annual Bull Sale | October 17, 2026

08/24/2026

No cow-calf producer in America is asking for increased imports. Undercutting American farmers and ranchers with products from foreign competitors does nothing to create market confidence or encourage rebuilding the herd.

For the second time in less than 12 months, the Trump Administration is intervening in markets in an attempt to artificially lower beef prices. Current retail prices are high because of strong consumer demand for the high-quality beef we produce.

Incentivizing additional foreign imports undermines America’s producers at a critical time as they make decisions about rebuilding numbers for next year. U.S. farmers and ranchers need stability. Unlike spur-of –the-moment trading decisions made based on White House social media posts, the decisions and investments ranchers make in their herds are made YEARS in advance, not days or weeks.

The Trump Administration's repeated whiplash on trade policy and beef imports has real impacts on cattle producers in rural America. USDA created and promoted a stronger “Product of the USA” label, only to abandon it and decide that MCOOL was the only option. Today’s announcement is not about helping producers. It’s not about putting their finger on the scale for one cattle industry group or another. It is 100% about the 74 days between now and the midterm elections.

08/24/2026

This applies to Florida ranching as well.

08/24/2026

A very good read about wolf conservation in the Yellowstone, and the interface between environmentalists and hunters. Many of the debates out West can be applied to our bear and panther conservation efforts in Florida.

08/05/2026

Thank you to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and County of Volusia for closing today on a client's conservation easement in the Florida Wildlife Corridor. With significant frontage on two large lakes, this is the one of the most scenic ranches I have ever had the pleasure to represent. There is a reason this property was a high priority for both the county and state! This conservation easement provides an opportunity for another path of landscape connectivity between Tiger Bay State Forest and the Clark Bay Conservation Area to the east and the Heart Island Conservation Area and Lake George State Forest to the west. This was also my first opportunity to work with Maury L. Carter & Associates as the real estate broker.

07/30/2026

🎉 Timber's Tipping Point, journalist Brittney Miller's cover story on Florida's forest industry, continues to earn well-deserved recognition!

The story not only contributed to Brittney being named the AABP Journalist of the Year, but also took home Best Feature Single Story. 🏆

And the honors keep coming! It's now a finalist in the Small Town & Rural Reporting category of the 2026 Sunshine State Awards presented by the Florida Society of Professional Journalists. 🌞🥇

We're incredibly grateful to Brittney and Florida Trend for telling the forestry story with such insight and impact. A special thank-you also goes to our members who generously shared their time, expertise and experiences to help bring this story to life.

📖 Read the award-winning story here: bit.ly/timberstippingpoint

07/30/2026

PILOT PROGRAM: The United States Department of Agriculture announced that it is making $35 million available to combat feral swine on agricultural lands. Partners in Florida are invited to apply for feral swine eradication and control projects. https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/usda-announces-35-million-to-combat-feral-swine-on-agricultural-lands-in-florida/

07/28/2026

For those that have not been fortunate to tour the Florida scrub habitat at the biological station or learn about ranching and ecology at Buck Island Ranch, this is one of Florida’s premier agro-ecology research locations. I started my nonprofit career in conservation in 1992 with station staff as partners, and they have now been my client for over 10 years as the organization has expanded its real estate ownership. In my conservation career, I have not seen such a concentration of dedicated, helpful and fun colleagues like I have encountered at Archbold Biological Station over three decades.

04/22/2026