Rural Route March 19, 2026 Dusty Backer the U.S. consumer needs to know about imported adulterated honey.

<p>THE WAR ON AMERICAN HONEY: IMPORTS, ADULTERATION, AND INDUSTRY COLLAPSE This eye-opening episode of Rural Route delivers a hard-hitting look at the crisis threatening America’s honey industry. Broadcasting from Texas, Dusty Backer of Oliver County, North Dakota joins Trent Loos to expose a broken system where foreign honey dominates the market—flooding the U.S. with up to 500 million pounds annually while American producers struggle to sell just a fraction of that.</p>