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Same pattern as the early 80s where costs spiked and an entire generation got locked out of building wealth for years. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The share of U.S. non-homeowners who expect to buy a home within five years has dropped to 25%, the lowest Gallup has measured in seven readings since it began asking the …
With deportation raids sending a chill across farm country, the Trump administration wants to make it easier for U.S. farms to hire migrant workers, angering critics across the political spectrum. On January 1, new emergency rules took effect, allowing U.S. farms to hire more workers and pay less in wages for migrants coming in on …
🚨 BREAKING: Massive FAFO has just occurred as President Trump slaps Mexico with a +5% TARIFF if they refuse to release the water Mexico is HURTING "BEAUTIFUL TEXAS CROPS AND LIVESTOCK" "Mexico still owes the U.S over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to comply with our… pic.twitter.com/j8zfEUDMTH — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 8, 2025 …
Farmer Justin Rhodes says the state redefined “CAFO” so even 3 cows and a milking stand count as a factory farm. Cease-and-desist letters. $100K “upgrades.” Family farms shut down. 🚨 “Oregon is using satellites to hunt small farms.” Farmer Justin Rhodes says the state redefined “CAFO” so even 3 cows and a milking stand count …
Tariffs on foreign buyers made their crops less competitive around the world (and drove down prices) . . .tariffs on fertilizer, steel, aluminum, and lumber sent the cost of doing business through the roof. Ohio family farmers describe life under Trump https://t.co/X2FsHHI7Oo — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) October 3, 2025 Soybean farmer: We are in a …
View post on imgur.com On Wednesday, 4Chan and Kiwi Farms, two of the most controversial social media sites on the internet, filed a federal lawsuit against the British government, arguing that the requirements of the UK’s Online Safety Act infringe on their Constitutional rights as American corporations. In a filing submitted to the U.S. District …
California Democrats continue to shut down family farms, now expanding to more counties “Now there’s a fight going on in Point Reyes. They just shut down a dozen farms. They really doubled down on those farmers — They put a gag order on them so they couldn’t even ask the community to stand up for …
ADDITIONALLY — According to (R-OK) Senator James Lankford, Chinese ORGANIZATIONS are buying up HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS (100,000+) of Acres in land and bringing in LABOR TRAFFICKING and HUMAN TRAFFICKING into Oklahoma in order to work these GROW OPERATIONS. pic.twitter.com/h3oL4ivXOP — livefreeopinion (@livefreeopinion) March 19, 2025
The Biden administration just approved a wind farm project off the coast of Massachusetts. It’s the eleventh commercial-scale wind project of its kind to get approval and comes at a key moment for the sector, as President-elect Trump, a frequent critic, prepares to take office. Miles O’Brien reports.
UK Wind Energy Costs: The UK has spent over £1 billion this year to turn off wind farms and start gas plants, highlighting the financial burden of renewable energy integration. Grid Infrastructure Mismatch: Despite a 50% increase in offshore wind capacity in the past five years, grid infrastructure has not kept pace, leading to grid …
Australia has implemented lockdowns on farms due to bird flu outbreaks. Specifically, in the state of Victoria, more than 500,000 chickens have been euthanized, and strict quarantine zones have been established to restrict the movement of birds and equipment. The highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of avian influenza has been detected on four farms, while another …
Authored by Matthew Lysiak via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Beef prices skyrocketed to a new record high this Memorial Day weekend as industry experts warn costs could continue to rise even higher if current regulatory and economic conditions remain unchanged. Recently released data shows that “all fresh beef retail value,” a composite value based on choice beef, …
Multiple U.S. agencies said on Friday that for the first time, the rampant bird flu has spread to dairy cattle. Impacted cows have been found across several states as officials reemphasize the importance of only consuming pasteurized dairy products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
BREAKING: Hail storm in Damon texas on 3/24/24 destroys 1,000’s of acres of solar farms. Who pays to fix this green energy? @StateFarm? @FarmBureau? @Allstate? Or you the taxpayer? pic.twitter.com/GpNSaopObZ — Corey Thompson (@Roughneck2real) March 25, 2024
Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. declined by 141,733 or 7%, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, released on Feb. 13. Acres operated by farm operations during the same timeframe declined by 20.1 million (2.2%), a loss equivalent to an area about the size of Maine. Only 1.88% of acres …
South African farms deemed “too white” will no longer be able to export their produce to the UK and the EU.. Under the rules, farmers must meet specific Black economic empowerment targets to continuing obtaining export permits South Africa will soon be like Zimbabwe https://t.co/7frtFRQYFd pic.twitter.com/OiNspkWN6i — Tess Summers 🏴🇮🇪 (@tesssummers98) November 14, 2023 If …
by Chris Black The entirety of Western civilization is now based on lunatic attempts to solve non-existent problems, and it’s all going to end very badly. When South Africa collapses, it’s going to be a lot worse than Zimbabwe. Because the white farmers in South Africa don’t feed just South Africa, but also all the …
via naturalnews: Samuel Fisher, owner of Golden Valley Farms, is being persecuted by the U.S. government all because his family raises their own animals, slaughters the meat on the farm, and sells that meat to the community. Mr. Fisher is a mild-mannered, father of five who owns and operates a 100-acre cattle farm in the heartland of …
The number of farms globally will shrink in half as the average existing farm size doubles by the end of the century, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder. The study tracks the number and size of farms year-over-year from the 1960s and projecting through 2100. Zia Mehrabi, an assistant …
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https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1681734824610897922 NEW – Almost 16 million trees have been chopped down in Scotland to make way for wind farms.https://t.co/oLq1Jf8ono — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 19, 2023
The United Nations (UN) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have recently called for a significant financial investment to combat the pressing issue of climate change. Their proposal includes the implementation of global taxes aimed at generating trillions of dollars in funding. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Bank, recently suggested exploring unconventional …
“Today the Netherlands, tomorrow the world!” Dutch farmers, beaten by police, protest the seizure of 3,000+ farms, to make way for immigrant housing—on orders of Klaus Schwab. While France burns, let’s all keep an eye on Holland; because what’s happening there WILL also happen here, unless the people stop it. https://twitter.com/_/status/1675067990063104000 As France burns we …
by BoatSurfer600 via YAHOO: Despite lawmakers’ success in introducing legislation to address the issue, one U.S. farmer raised a red flag that China is still infiltrating “many, many acres” in rural America. “They’re tapping into the American food structure and this country. And we should be looking at that as food security, people,” National Black …
History does, indeed, repeat itself. Hoping the farmers will get a head start and prevent it from doing so. h/t icky_vicinity23
