Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance

Post by mlrtime » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC

kiba wrote: post #23

ggm wrote: post #7

Ag. can't just be about profit. There's a dimension which is national-strategic interest. Food security, the domestic food economy is important. It is my understanding that a lot of the US ag. sector is making inputs for processing for corn oil, fructose, ethanol, and for exports to markets which in turn target american ag, selling e.g. beef back to the US, fattened on US Soy. It's a complex web. I don't want US farm…

Growing excess amount of food is part of food security, but farmers are going bankrupt because they focused on labor efficient agricultural commodity products to the exclusion of everything else. For many farmers, it's not even a full time job I rather we focus on increasing food security in other way. Maybe we shouldn't be turning corns into cows as that reduce the amount of energy we are able to access. But how do…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC

csours wrote: post #107

Of all the guns that rural Americans love, the humble foot-gun is the most beloved. --- Someone else can argue the morality, ethics, economics, and politics of it all, but VERY simply, US Federal Government Agencies are machines for redistributing wealth from cities to rural areas. Rural America voted quite heavily to stop those subsidies. That's what efficiency means. --- Maturity means suspending judgement and list…

Post by kasey_junk » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC

mlrtime wrote: post #189

danans wrote: post #153

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> They don't see the effect of their taxes being spent, They are quite aware of taxes because 13.5% of their income on average comes directly from federal subsidies paid by taxes on "city folk". https://usafacts.org/articles/federal-farm-subsidies-what-da... > The voters will vote against their own interests over and over and over if they keep hearing something that resonates with what they feel. Most large farm owne…

>Most large farm owners are very well off Most family farms (From my area) are land rich. The land is worth a lot, but they never sell it. The farming essentially pays for the land, and maybe a little to live off of. They are NOT raking it in. Also almost all of them have notes on this land, not owned outright.

Post by avidiax » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC

throwaway422432 wrote: post #165

bruce511 wrote: post #124

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I agree. Personally I don't understand the love that agriculture shows to the Republican party, but hey you get what you vote for. It seems like this whole year has been implementing policy after policy that screws over agriculture. USAid (big purchaser) gone. 40 billion sent to Argentina. Antagonize Canadians (Canadians !!) so they boycott American produce. Tarif China so they'll reciprocate on soy beans. Deport far…

I am not a US citizen, just an observer. What is the alternative when the Democrats appear just as much beholden to corporate finance, and position themselves as the party for city dwellers? I also disagree on the wealth redistribution. Government agencies are managers of risk. * Is there a risk to the country's food security if farmers go bust on mass? Then the Government needs to mitigate that risk. Fairly simple.…

Post by mlrtime » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC

reactordev wrote: post #54

There’s only two meat packers… two. Where are the cattle farmers to go? It’s like this across the industry thanks to monopolies like ConAgra, Tyson’s, etc.