You reap what you sow dumb ass.

[Duncanpup]

Link to tweet

/mediaviewer

[NCDem47]

1. I have stopped watching and reading news from most oulets.

Is this gaining traction in MSM? are there more reports of a farmer revolt....or does it seem bigger than it is from here inside the bubble?

[progressoid]

4. I read a little of ag related stuff.

Not sure about the MSM, but right leaning ag media (like the Farm Beaureau); they do a good job of dancing around the obvious elephant in the room - - -Trump.

The blame labor, regulatory compliance, fertilizer, and energy prices, etc., but not Republicans.

Here's the letter they sent to Trump a couple weeks ago.

https://www.fb.org/news-release/farm-bureau-to-president-and-congress-farmers-are-at-a-breaking-point

Dear Mr. President:

America’s farmers and ranchers are facing extreme economic pressures that threaten the long-term viability of the U.S. agriculture sector. We appreciate your leadership in securing much needed updates to critical farm risk management programs in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. However, due to insufficient action over the last several years, an alarming number of farmers are financially underwater as policies have failed to address the spiraling farm economy and provide long-term certainty for American agriculture.

Persistent cost pressures from labor, regulatory compliance, fertilizer, and energy have eroded margins, while weak commodity prices and uneven global competition have strained farm finances. Crop receipts have fallen sharply since 2022, eroding the cash flow and equity farmers rely on to weather downturns, while a growing U.S. trade deficit signals mounting competitive pressure in global markets.

These challenges have been compounded by inconsistent enforcement of trade obligations, including unfulfilled trade commitments from China, and the persistence of non-tariff barriers which have added to the volatility and left farmers with little clarity about future revenue potential or market access.
These trends are not abstract numbers. Across the country, farms are disappearing as families close the gates on the farms tended by their parents, grandparents, and generations before them.
Row crop growers producing everything from corn, soybeans, wheat, and sorghum to cotton are being squeezed out, not because of poor yields, but because market prices have fallen well below the cost of production. The same story echoes across fruit and vegetable regions, where entire orchards are being bulldozed under the weight of soaring labor, input, and compliance costs that far exceed returns.

More than half of U.S. farms now lose money each year, forcing families to rely on off-farm income just to survive. Every farm lost takes with it generations of knowledge, community leadership, and the heartbeat of local economies: fewer kids in schools, fewer trucks at the grain elevator, fewer small businesses that keep rural towns alive. As those farms disappear, so too does America’s food independence: our ability to feed ourselves without relying on foreign supply chains.

The American Farm Bureau urges your Administration and Congress to take action to stabilize and strengthen the farm economy and build a foundation for economic viability sector wide. In the short term, we urge leaders to authorize bridge payments for farmers before the end of 2025. These payments must be robust enough to address sector-wide gaps and provide meaningful support as the federal government works to recalibrate trade strategies, stabilize prices, and strengthen key market relationships.
We call for a renewed national commitment to U.S. agriculture through swift, decisive action on policies that restore farmers’ ability to stay in business, to rebuild market access and secure the financial resilience of the rural economy. The following policy actions will help ensure that farming provides a dependable living for the farm families who work tirelessly to feed, clothe, and fuel the world:

• Fair and enforceable trade agreements that open markets and ensure reciprocal access for
U.S. products;
• Policy support for biofuels, including year-round sales of E15 and other renewable fuels;
• Restoration of whole milk in schools, giving children access to nutritious U.S. dairy
products;
• Protection of interstate commerce by opposing and challenging current or future state
laws that undermine market consistency, competition, and transparency;
• Investigation into pricing structures for major agricultural inputs to address market
imbalances that artificially inflate production costs beyond normal market fluctuations,
paired with stronger enforcement of laws and regulations that ensure transparency and
fairness in agricultural markets; and
• Prioritization of American-grown fruits and vegetables in federal and institutional
purchasing programs.

American agriculture has always been a strategic national asset—vital not only to our economy but to our food security and independence. Federal leadership can now prevent a deepening crisis by taking steps to preserve our agricultural infrastructure and ensure the next generation of farmers and ranchers can continue feeding the world.

Mr. President, we appreciate your longstanding support for rural America and respectfully request your Administration work with congressional leaders to provide the relief and reform urgently needed to sustain our nation’s farmers and ranchers.

[gab13by13]

2. Krasnov is a Socialist/Communist

he will subsidize Big Farma.

[Submariner]

3. That overweight welfare queen needs to

get out of the pickup, put down the beer, and get a 2nd and 3rd job like the SNAP recipients who his rep and senator just kicked off necessary food stamps. FU you lazy farmer.

[murielm99]

8. We farm.

Many farmers do have second jobs. My husband is retired from his, but he is a union printer and a Democrat. Many farmers have wives who work. Often those wives are teachers. I would like to call you a few names, too, but I don't want to be kicked off this site.

[Duncanpup]

11. Speak how you feel.

[Submariner]

12. I'm addressing those soybean/corn farmers

who voted for this idiot in 2016 when he screwed them then, and in an act of colossal stupidity they voted for him again in 2024, and he stuck it to them, and the taxpayers again.

So if you’re not part of that trump voting insanity, then I’m obviously not addressing you and yours.

[Prairie Gates]

5. Honestly the guy being interviewed sounds like he might be a Democrat

There weren't the usual GOP/MAGA qualifiers.

[Hotler]

6. The follow up question should have been asked. Would you vote for the orange one again?

[Warpy]

7. Sorry, buddy, but I hope his memory persiststhrough November of next year

so we have a fighting chance of tetting that corpulent orange ass out of the Oval Office.

[Cha]

9. Ya Think!

Ya counted on a Sadistic, Slithery Fascist Fuck to help you out.

[BurnDoubt]

10. Not to worry. If you notice, the Dept of Ag letter lists LABOR as the first problem they are concerned about.

Yep, it's all those lazy farm workers gutting Big Ag. Not to worry... the Republicans hate farm workers because they have all the power in the Labor Market (?). The US is wasting a valuable resource in deporting the only people beaten down enough to have to do stoop labor in order to feed their families. Most worked long hours under brutal conditions to subsist, and saw no improvement in the conditions of their lives, but by the miracle of (Socialism!!!!!) were able to send their children to a public school and begin the long journey out of the poverty that made others rich. Surely the Republican Tri-Fucked-Ya can marshal the votes to bring back Slavery and ensure retirement on the beach in Hawaii for the long-suffering Big Ag investors.
I grew up in a farming community and most of my friends' families were actual family-farmers. Their world is as dead as the promises that substituted for good farm policy, and, one at a time, most were driven off the farm and into the city, leaving the fields to Big Ag, and they had to keep driving that tractor until they couldn't anymore for a paycheck from the new Landlords. I talked with a classmate at our 50th, and he shared his feeling of shame at being the one to have to sell-off his third-generation Dairy or invest in upgrades to meet the requirements deemed necessary to shield the environment from harm. Of course, he blames the Government that is constrained to do the absolute minimum (or nothing) by Big Ag..
And, so the next thing is the cost of mitigating the side-effects of massive factory farming. We all have to share the planet, and we all share the blame for the damage to our environment this entails. Much effort has gone into trying to understand the dynamics of our interaction with the planet we owe our existence. And much more effort has gone into burying and discrediting the results by political actors with massive funding and glad-handing connections.
Not to worry... these are just the growing-pains to be expected while we are converting from Democracy to Kleptocracy.
If you struggle... you get tired. Close your eyes and take a nap.
Poo Tee Weet.