It sounds like there is more to it than him stopping his grazing payments, but at the same time he has had his full day in court and his "side" can't even agree on what the facts are.
Are there tortoises involved?
Is this about minerals?
Wind farming?
Harry Reid?
State owned land?
Federal land?
Used to be your family's land and stolen?
Who has the deed?
Who bribed what politician for what reason?
My bias is that I always apply Hanlon's Razor, especially when looking at the government. Look it up.