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Showing Original Post only (View all)My brother, an Iowa farmer WHO VOTED FOR BIDEN, [View all]
was sounding very discouraged on our Thanksgiving phone call Wednesday night.
The inputs for next year's crop, which are purchased with this year's profits, are up 350% (so far). They had a great yield this year, but poof.....profits gone....Then there are gas prices, heating prices, grocery prices...."Something's got to be done," he said.
Dems have an opportunity to win some farm votes, if they care to take it.....Natural gas producers are driving much of the hurt felt by farmers now, as one of the main byproducts of natural gas production is used to make liquid fertilizer. In addition, most households can't afford heating bills that will be 40-100%, or more, higher this winter. One of my brother's last comments on the phone call was, "I hope Biden wakes up."
It seems to me that intentional withholding of natural gas production is an urgent matter of national security in regards to our economic well-being. Can EOs be used to require increased natural gas production?