Fine Print Behind Trump’s $8B Farmer Plan

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E0KSWSRlgqU

 

Farm country has beef with Trump as midterms approach : NPR

Ground beef currently costs around $6.80 a pound – a fact of which the Trump administration is keenly aware. But the administration's attempts to bring those prices down have backfired politically and possibly economically…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-6011214/farm-country-has-beef-with-trump-as-midterms-approach

Israel held then released Brad Lander and dozens of Americans, Israelis in West Bank : NPR

"We were on private Palestinian land. We were with the farmers whose land it is. There's no obligation to coordinate with the Israeli military," Lander told NPR and WBUR's Here & Now. "This was the IDF making it impossible for these poor Palestinian farmers to harvest their olive trees," he added, using the initials for the Israeli military… 

 "Let us be clear about what happened here: Rather than protecting Palestinian farmers and ensuring their right to work their own land, the Israeli military forcibly removed those who came to provide a protective presence," T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs said in a statement. "This is an outrageous abuse of power, and part of a systematic, state-backed campaign of ethnic cleansing aimed at driving Palestinians from their land," she said.

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6010460/brad-lander-detained-west-bank-israel-palestinians 

Trump is promising farmers $8B. Republicans are praying it will save their campaigns. - POLITICO

The promise comes two weeks before Election Day — and the payments could still face a fight ahead in Congress…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/20/trump-farmers-payments-gop-midterms-01128165

 

Trump plans executive order seeking to bring down high diesel costs - POLITICO

“When you’re not collecting taxes, you’re just kicking the can down the road, because you have to fix roads and stuff like that,” Cinquegrana said…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/05/trump-diesel-prices-executive-order-01106807

 

High diesel costs squeeze Michigan corn and soybean farmers

“If we can market it at a little higher price, maybe we can offset some of those expensive diesel costs, but as of right now until we get the crop off … and see what we have on the field, it’s still an unknown,” said Rupprecht…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/transportation-infrastructure/2026-10-01/diesel-costing-michigan-farmers-more-as-fall-harvest-of-corn-and-soybeans-is-underway

Trump officials weigh rolling back beef import plan as GOP midterm panic spreads - POLITICO

It’s a sign that White House officials are trying to stem frustrations from battleground and farm-state Republicans ahead of the November election…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/23/trump-beef-imports-midterms-gop-panic-01090261

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/50-per-cent-world-farmers-poisoned-pesticides-every-year-experts

 

Farmer squandered over 100 years of bipartisan, nearly universal goodwil... to own the libs.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YWBaul2tMhw

 

‘Danger no longer only comes from the hitmen, but from the state’: the Honduran farmers labelled terrorists for protecting their land

Despite the violence against activists, campaigners say the new rightwing government of Nasry “Tito” Asfura, backed by Donald Trump, has created a legal environment that places campesinos and other land defenders in even more danger. It has passed a series of laws aimed at clamping down on organised crime but which human rights organisations warn place land defenders at severe risk of criminalisation. 

The first of these legal changes is a reform to the penal code allowing for criminal groups to be designated as terrorist organisations. The law went against the Honduran supreme court’s advice and has been criticised for its open-ended definition of terrorism. 

 “Under this law,” says Lucía Vigil, from the Centre for the Study of Democracy (Cespad), “any group exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest can be labelled terrorist.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/03/danger-no-longer-only-comes-from-the-hitmen-but-from-the-state-the-honduran-farmers-labelled-terrorists-for-protecting-their-land

 

‘No amnesty!’: Migrant farmworker bill opens major rift within GOP - POLITICO

Prominent immigration hawks are furious over a proposal that would open a path to temporary legal status for undocumented migrants who work in the agriculture industry.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/22/no-amnesty-migrant-farmworker-bill-opens-major-rift-within-gop-01007072 

 

Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund celebrates "creating new farmers" this Juneteenth

“Essentially right now we are an engine for creating new farmers,” Knox said. “A lot of folks who've never been a part of the urban ag scene are able to come through us and buy land for the first time and begin this process, and also become a part of a larger community.”…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/social-justice/2026-06-18/detroit-black-farmer-land-fund-celebrates-creating-new-farmers-this-juneteenth 

 

The Save our Bacon Act is a Trojan Hog

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e5L-MjUa4ss

Trump's ambassador names one thing America needs from Canada - POLITICO

It turns out U.S. farmers can't do without potash...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/canada-potash-pete-hoekstra-00958424

 

Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump’s Iran War

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5GwTgb6xYJE

‘The worst time for wheat’: US farmers face losses to extreme heat and drought

Temperature swings have left crops across the Plains in terrible conditions, with some farmers opting not to harvest

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/08/wheat-farmers-face-loss-crops-heat-drought

‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up

Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/iran-war-us-farming-impact

 

Trump’s trade war has hurt farmers. There are new warning signs for Republicans. - POLITICO

GOP lawmakers from rural areas are pressing for more action to counteract the agriculture industry's increasingly pessimistic outlook...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/06/trump-trade-war-farmers-warning-signs-00804804 

 

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

The global fertiliser supply chain could face significant disruption if the effective closure by Iran of the strait of Hormuz persists, prompting concerns from analysts about crop production and food security… 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/05/big-burden-for-farmers-gulf-shipping-crisis-threatens-food-price-shock

 

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on ICE in Minnesota (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)

As tensions escalate in Minnesota and Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act, ICE’s brutality continues. We are joined by the current Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and candidate for the U.S. Senate, Peggy Flanagan, to discuss the crisis in her and Al's home state.

Flanagan details the cover-up and lies surrounding the Renee Good investigation. The DOJ has withheld evidence and prohibited the state from investigating the case, while lying about how the officer who shot Good has “absolute immunity.” It is clear Trump, Kristi Noem, JD Vance, and the administration have no interest in justice.

Flanagan also shares stories of the vibrant Somali community who have contributed so much to the state, despite the attempts to malign them. She also shares stories of talking to constituents around the state and how she's finding common ground with rural farmers over the cost of healthcare and tariffs.
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/y8rZnm_jHIU?si=-SAWFIV4GZUc2xKA