American Farmers

[ThorneStockton]

Believe I read a story fairly recently that all states in the country will now be required to provide ethanol gasoline at the pumps, so that should help corn prices.

Welcome back Hans! Do you know who is requiring states to provide ethanol gasoline? Was it the Central Planners from the old Biden regime?

 

[franklinman]

I’m sure most farmers are OK with losing a little money to help with Trumps tax plan.

Yep, as long as the welfare checks come in on time.

 

[Hammerhead02]

Believe I read a story fairly recently that all states in the country will now be required to provide ethanol gasoline at the pumps, so that should help corn prices.

Can you link that article?

 

[franklinman]

Can you link that article?

The only gas we have in PA, IS ethanol -free gas,marked on the pumps and its been that way for years now. Too many problems.

 

[Hammerhead02]

Yep, as long as the welfare checks come in on time.

Simple Google search:

No, not all states will be required to offer ethanol gasoline in 2025. The EPA has approved year-round sales of E15 (15% ethanol blend) in eight Midwestern states, starting in April 2025, but this does not mean all states will be required to do so.

 

[Thunderlips71]

Let them drink ethanol

 

[Tom Paris]

I have a coworker who LOVES Kim Reynolds. Her husband is a pig farmer. They get their socialism from the feds and take part in Kim’s grift by sending her well off kids to private school. I think she loves knowing the rest of us are footing the bill for her kids’ college education while she speaks against paying off student loan payments. Effing hypocritical Republicans.

 

[Morrison71]

I’m sure most farmers are OK with losing a little money to help with Trumps tax plan.

Some farmers are paid to grow nothing, I think you would call that socialism.

 

[tigerhawk2015]

I get that an inheritance is like winning the lottery, but farming seems like work.

For a couple of months a year maybe. Planting, spraying once or twice and then harvest.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

Hey, I'm looking to buy cheap farmland. This is going to be a buyer's market for land and real estate very very soon.

Not for you and me it won't.

 

[MitchLL]

The only gas we have in PA, IS ethanol -free gas,marked on the pumps and its been that way for years now. Too many problems.

Yep, it's garbage.

Ask any reliable mechanic.

 

[Hans81]

Welcome back Hans! Do you know who is requiring states to provide ethanol gasoline? Was it the Central Planners from the old Biden regime?

Don’t know the answer?

 

[ISUBryce]

If you have livestock. Those that row crop have it pretty damn good. Many contract out the spraying and some more than that.

I would say dairy farming is the hardest. Twice a day everyday.

Anything with animals is just a big no from me. Just an insane headache it seems like.

 

[Hans81]

Can you link that article?

It was an article in the Des Moines Register within the last week. Sorry, I don’t recall the exact date.

 

[Hammerhead02]

It was an article in the Des Moines Register within the last week. Sorry, I don’t recall the exact date.

Sounds about right. I didn't really expect an article.

 

[Hans81]

Sounds about right. I didn't really expect an article.

I don’t care if you believe me or not; I did read it in the Des Moines Register.

 

[joelbc1]

I don’t care if you believe me or not; I did read it in the Des Moines Register.

I think he wants to know who read the article to you……….

 

[stickman80]

I don’t care if you believe me or not; I did read it in the Des Moines Register.

Well....the Register also told us Harris would win Iowa.

 

[Hammerhead02]

Don’t know the answer?

I don’t care if you believe me or not; I did read it in the Des Moines Register.

Sure. I would assume that wouldn't be the only source for something of this magnitude.

 

[rivalhawks]

New USDA secretary says farmers could get $31B in economic, disaster aid by mid-March

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA is working to send $31B in economic, disaster aid to farmers, acknowledging 'a lot of questions' about release

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[rivalhawks]

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www.farmlandgrab.org

 

[Joes Place]

For a couple of months a year maybe. Planting, spraying once or twice and then harvest.

...and once you get the sprayer/planter/combine equivalent of a Roomba running of GPS and sensors located in your fields, even that become practical zero work. Just need someone to start up and prep/gas the Roombas and everything's done for you...

 

[Joes Place]

New USDA secretary says farmers could get $31B in economic, disaster aid by mid-March

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA is working to send $31B in economic, disaster aid to farmers, acknowledging 'a lot of questions' about release

www.desmoinesregister.com

@NorthernHawkeye - Is this gonna count against my $5000 DOGE payments?


We literally did the SAME THING during Trump's first administration w/ tariffs, and had to borrow even MORE money to bail farmers out. When the **** are Republicans going to figure out this is 100% a scam and dump this nonsense?

 

[tigerhawk2015]

...and once you get the sprayer/planter/combine equivalent of a Roomba running of GPS and sensors located in your fields, even that become practical zero work. Just need someone to start up and prep/gas the Roombas and everything's done for you...

Yeah I ran into a farm worker one day buying an 18 pack of beer and I said “got the day off huh”? And he replied that he was buying it to sit in the combine and watch football all day while the machine ran up and down the field!! Crazy

 

[Joes Place]

 

[HawkNester]

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Fake news, don’t you know they work for Soros.

 

[Joes Place]

They are like 99.9% white. Trump threw them to the curb and Chuckles of Iowa and Assley are trying to get Iowa an exemption from the tariffs. Should other countries actually sack up and play hardball, which might happen this time, where is all that corn and soybean going to go to? Should I build a silo? Magats chime in.

How many Trump branded pieces of shit will have 25% tariffs on them?

Here's a list:






































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[BrunoMars420]

Since 2006ish and ethanol, it actually has been quite profitable (not all years). Prior to that you are correct if talking about commodity corn/soy farming.

Subsidies and crop insurance took the risk away. Quite a deal. Vilsack was over a lot of profits. Trump and Biden were very kind to farmers if that's how you want to look at it.

So what you are saying no matter who is in office the huge factory Farmers are leeches to the government while ruining the environment?

 

[Joes Place]

So what you are saying no matter who is in office the huge factory Farmers are leeches to the government while ruining the environment?

Guess who the largest landowner is in Illinois, getting the majority of "farm subsidy benefits"?


Yup: "Elder Price and Elder Cunningham"

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

So what you are saying no matter who is in office the huge factory Farmers are leeches to the government while ruining the environment?

It’s because of the importance of the electoral college sine 2000 and the influence of farma which wants profitable farmers

Biden was mildly starting to put some real environmental protections in place but not on a real scale

Farms and how the ag vote became important. What is changing now is the massive shift of farmers to maga. I don’t really know but I’m guessing Trump with buy off farmers and move dollars in USDA from snap to farmers.

Local foods farmers though just had a major program cut that helped the poor get more healthy food.

The farmers of privilege are the commercial family farms producing commodities and use big farma

Why is Pharma farma so influential? Huge profit margin per unit of output.

 

[irunlikeAcieEarl]

 

[Hans81]

I think he wants to know who read the article to you……….

Funny 🥴

 

[Hans81]

Well....the Register also told us Harris would win Iowa.

Touché

 

[Joes Place]

Eliminate tracking for bird flu, and you'll get countries banning US imports because they cannot determine whether those imports are safe or not...

 

[joelbc1]

Funny 🥴

Actually, it was a friend of mine who wanted to know…..