I was really disappointed to hear that Steve McBee Sr. received a 24-month prison sentence. He admitted to committing fraud with crop insurance, and unfortunately, that led to this outcome. It’s a sad situation, but he’s facing the consequences of his actions now.
Stephen R. Boug, a US District Court Judge, sentenced the 52-year-old father of four—known for his role on the reality show *McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys*—to two years in prison on Thursday.
In addition to his prison term, he will serve two years of supervised release and must pay $4,022,124 in restitution, according to People magazine.
Steve Sr. has until Monday, December 1 by 2pm to self-surrender.
The prosecutors had asked the judge to give the TV personality a prison sentence of 41 months, followed by three years of supervised release.
The patriarch received messages of support from two of his four sons via social media on Thursday.
Steve Jr. sent a message saying he and the whole family love and support their dad. Cole added that they’ll face anything together and that it’s now their turn to take care of him, letting their dad know they’ve got his back.
Thursday’s sentencing was meant to take place in March but was delayed multiple times.
It comes on the heels of news that the family’s reality show has been renewed for a third season.
Cameras returned to the Missouri ranch to document this week’s events.
I was hooked from the very beginning of season one, which launched in March 2024! The family’s patriarch immediately declared that McBee Farm & Cattle Company was destined to become a billion-dollar business – it was a bold statement that really set the stage for everything that followed.
On November 5, 2024, he gave up his right to have a grand jury review the case against him and instead pleaded guilty to committing federal crop insurance fraud.
He confessed to committing insurance fraud between 2018 and 2020 by filing fake reports.
In 2018, Steve Sr. reported to Rain and Hail—a company backed by federal crop insurance—that his farm produced 340,476 bushels of corn and 190,171 bushels of soybeans, but this amount was actually lower than what he harvested.
His farm actually sold over 1.2 million bushels of corn and almost 416,000 bushels of soybeans.
Because of the inaccurate information provided, the farmer wrongly received $2,605,943 in federal crop insurance payments and an additional $552,980 to help cover the cost of those insurance premiums.
He lied to Rain and Hail insurance to get coverage for the 2019 soybean crop at the McBee farm. Specifically, he claimed soybeans were the first crop planted in some fields, even though wheat had already been harvested from them.
In 2020, the farm planted corn too late in the season, meaning it wasn’t covered by insurance.
However, Steve Jr. provided false plant dates on crop insurance documents to NAU Country Insurance.
The reality show *The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys* is back for a second season in 2025, now airing on Bravo after previously streaming on Peacock.
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