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Easterday Ranches files for bankruptcy

by CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE
Staff Writer | February 8, 2021 1:00 AM

PASCO — A major Columbia Basin feedlot operator filed for bankruptcy days after being accused by its sole customer of $225 million in fraudulent billing for the care and feeding of around 200,000 non-existent cows.

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