Wheat used to be planted coast to coast 🌾 It only took 50 years of US agricultural policy, consumer appetite, and worldwide competition to change that 🇺🇸 Wheat is now the third largest planted crop in the US with acres down almost 40% since 1975 🫡

States with higher ICE illegal immigrant deportations are seeing the largest rent decreases, according to DHS.

An illegal migrant just brutally raped a woman on Mackinac Island, Michigan's most beautiful tourist destination and one of the safest places on Earth

A fatal stabbing at one of Kansas's premier dairy heifer operations has ignited a political firestorm over immigration enforcement.

it’s all insiders in the administration pumping and dumping things while they still can surely we’ll get a tweet about Soybeans once the insiders get long again

At $100k yearly (nearly 3x the ~$36k median for farm animal workers), more locals would apply—the premium beats many alternatives and could offset the hard, early, rural physical demands. H-2A ads already draw almost no domestic takers even at competitive rates (e.g., 5 of 7,500 in Idaho). Farms couldn't sustain it without sharp milk price hikes that shrink the industry.

A fatal stabbing at one of Kansas's premier dairy heifer operations has ignited a political firestorm over immigration enforcement.

A joint statement from Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Kansas Livestock Association and Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association regarding the ongoing ICE operations in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas: “The Kansas Livestock Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association and Texas Cattle Feeders Association are closely monitoring reported U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity affecting agricultural communities in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. Our organizations respect the responsibility of federal agencies to enforce the law. At the same time, cattle producers, feedyards, dairies, livestock markets, processors, and other rural businesses depend on a stable workforce to care for animals, protect food safety, and keep the supply chains operating. Sudden workforce disruptions can create immediate animal-welfare, operational, and economic consequences that extend well beyond an individual business. These ICE operations are having a massive chilling effect on the legal, documented, skilled workers that put beef on the table and keep the cattle supply chain moving. Additionally, these types of disruptions will lead to higher beef prices for consumers. Reported impacts to our organizations throughout the past few days have been: - Thousands of fed cattle slated for shipping to processors now delayed, resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue and additional costs. - Workforce disruptions at numerous supply chain chokepoints such as feedyards, dairies, processors, feed and grain companies, transportation hubs, and community services. These disruptions come at a time of enhanced focus and pressure on the cattle and beef supply chain. They are a costly and unnecessary impact to cattle producers already suffering from unwelcome political interference to both the markets as well as the physical supply chain. Frustratingly, the harm these actions cause to cattle producers last for days and weeks after such operations conclude. We urge federal officials to conduct enforcement actions in a lawful, orderly, and transparent manner; respect due process; and communicate clearly with affected employers and communities.”