A large portion of American farms depend on federal subsidies. Many types of farm subsidies appear to be on the chopping block with this administration.
The foreign aid data being “revealed” lately has been available on USASpending.gov the whole time and was signed off by Mike Johnson last year. If you find the news about USAID surprising, you need to learn how to do your own research. Total foreign aid represents a sliver of the federal budget and 80% of USAID contractors are based in the USA.
Farmer votes for his own obliteration
Here’s a video from a farmer who voted for his own demise – incredible.
Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@cattlemenfamilyfarms/video/7468375097628200234
He further explains: https://www.tiktok.com/@cattlemenfamilyfarms/video/7468375097628200234
He shouldn’t be surprised this is happening. I blame podcasters writ-large. You can find various reactions to his video across the TikTok ecosystem. There isn’t much good advice to be offered in the scenario. I hope he survives, but the underlying current that props up his farm is being actively eroded, so he should pivot while he still can.
He later reveals the covid vaccine mandate caused him to vote the way he did, even though he found an exemption and didn’t actually take it. This confirms my suspicion that the Democratic Party traded the 2024 election for a (maybe) 4% boost in vaccine uptake among employees at large companies.
Who benefits?
When farms go out of business, or get tired from enduring prolonged hardship, they are scooped up by private equity for cheap.
It’s fair to assume all of this is being done on purpose by interested parties. This event by itself is an example of government being used to create that hardship which might lead to him giving up and selling out.
Will this affect raw milk farms?
Raw milk farms probably won’t be affected in the same way as industrial farmers. Unless the farm has other commitments, there may be zero ill effects, though second and third order effects should be expected. The federal government isn’t exactly funding raw milk for human consumption and global distribution.
This development mostly affects large-scale industrial farms. It’s never been a better time to escape the corporate consolidated food system and support your small-scale farmers.
