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Extremely niche content: the passage of the bbb w/ significant SNAP changes means the farm bill as we know is gone.
For decades, the farm bill resolved the tension between payments to farmers and food stamps/nutrition. That is no longer the case. Let’s just call it the pure pork 🐖🥓 bill from now on.
For decades, the farm bill resolved the tension between payments to farmers and food stamps/nutrition. That is no longer the case. Let’s just call it the pure pork 🐖🥓 bill from now on.
July 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Extremely niche content: the passage of the bbb w/ significant SNAP changes means the farm bill as we know is gone.
For decades, the farm bill resolved the tension between payments to farmers and food stamps/nutrition. That is no longer the case. Let’s just call it the pure pork 🐖🥓 bill from now on.
For decades, the farm bill resolved the tension between payments to farmers and food stamps/nutrition. That is no longer the case. Let’s just call it the pure pork 🐖🥓 bill from now on.
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last 5 days (estimating today based on data at noon), the contents of 48 of these (34,311 gal anhydrous ammonia rail car) have traveled thru Cedar Rapids in the Cedar River. That's 6.94 million lbs of N, enuf to contaminate 316 billion gal of water to 10 mg/L, the EPA limit for municipal supply.
June 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
last 5 days (estimating today based on data at noon), the contents of 48 of these (34,311 gal anhydrous ammonia rail car) have traveled thru Cedar Rapids in the Cedar River. That's 6.94 million lbs of N, enuf to contaminate 316 billion gal of water to 10 mg/L, the EPA limit for municipal supply.
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I’m getting some replies that ammonia is not nitrate.
Nitrogen fertilizer applied as ammonia is converted to nitrate in the soil.
Btw the load today will be about 1.27 million pounds or 366 of the thousand gallon ammonia nurse tanks. So 688 of those tanks in two days. In just one river.
Nitrogen fertilizer applied as ammonia is converted to nitrate in the soil.
Btw the load today will be about 1.27 million pounds or 366 of the thousand gallon ammonia nurse tanks. So 688 of those tanks in two days. In just one river.
1.1 million pounds of nitrate-nitrogen will pass through the city of Cedar Rapids today in the Cedar River. That's equivalent to the contents of 322 of these. One day, one river, in Iowa.
waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_0...
waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_0...
June 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m getting some replies that ammonia is not nitrate.
Nitrogen fertilizer applied as ammonia is converted to nitrate in the soil.
Btw the load today will be about 1.27 million pounds or 366 of the thousand gallon ammonia nurse tanks. So 688 of those tanks in two days. In just one river.
Nitrogen fertilizer applied as ammonia is converted to nitrate in the soil.
Btw the load today will be about 1.27 million pounds or 366 of the thousand gallon ammonia nurse tanks. So 688 of those tanks in two days. In just one river.
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This story is surprising for some b/c of big ag’s pervasive false narrative of Iowa as an agricultural state.
We are great at getting subsidies tho!
Des Moines beat out NYC as the city with the largest percentage of its gross domestic product, or economic output, coming from the financial sector.
We are great at getting subsidies tho!
Des Moines beat out NYC as the city with the largest percentage of its gross domestic product, or economic output, coming from the financial sector.
Inside the success of America's growing cities like Phoenix, Nashville
Certain American cities have evolved to lead the way in economic growth — and they each found their own path.
www.usatoday.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This story is surprising for some b/c of big ag’s pervasive false narrative of Iowa as an agricultural state.
We are great at getting subsidies tho!
Des Moines beat out NYC as the city with the largest percentage of its gross domestic product, or economic output, coming from the financial sector.
We are great at getting subsidies tho!
Des Moines beat out NYC as the city with the largest percentage of its gross domestic product, or economic output, coming from the financial sector.
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This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)
June 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)
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So in economic terms, for trump the cost of impairing the work of ag facilities (such as meatpacking plants), restaurants, and hotels is higher than using those workers for his xenophobic hateful illegal shenanigans.
Nothing is about the law now, it's all about a sick private cost benefit analysis.
Nothing is about the law now, it's all about a sick private cost benefit analysis.
Important further info: the email was sent only to ICE HSI, the arm of ICE more traditionally involved in worksite raids.
It applies to any agricultural facility, restaurants, and hotels, and bars arresting workers, really.
Other businesses, including factories, are presumably still fair game.
It applies to any agricultural facility, restaurants, and hotels, and bars arresting workers, really.
Other businesses, including factories, are presumably still fair game.
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
So in economic terms, for trump the cost of impairing the work of ag facilities (such as meatpacking plants), restaurants, and hotels is higher than using those workers for his xenophobic hateful illegal shenanigans.
Nothing is about the law now, it's all about a sick private cost benefit analysis.
Nothing is about the law now, it's all about a sick private cost benefit analysis.
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"If you live in DM, you could go years without drinking water below 3 milligrams per liter," Jones said. "So the fact that we're just meeting the standard at 10 and to do that we have to sacrifice lawn watering, well, that's just a small part of the story."
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
Nitrates in Iowa's water near record levels. What are the dangers if they don't drop?
Nitrate levels in Iowa's Raccoon River are at their highest since 2013. Lawn watering ban is trying to prevent more restrictions and keep water safe.
www.desmoinesregister.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"If you live in DM, you could go years without drinking water below 3 milligrams per liter," Jones said. "So the fact that we're just meeting the standard at 10 and to do that we have to sacrifice lawn watering, well, that's just a small part of the story."
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Nowhere should long-term thinking be more deep-rooted than farming—soil health, water, the ability to feed future generations.
Instead, it's one of the most short-sighted industries in America.
That's legit how civilizations collapse.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/i...
Instead, it's one of the most short-sighted industries in America.
That's legit how civilizations collapse.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/i...
Who owns most of the farmland in Illinois? Not farmers.
Less than 25% of Illinois farmland is owned by the farmer who works the land, with the rest leased by individuals, family trusts and, increasingly, investors looking to turn a profit.
www.chicagotribune.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nowhere should long-term thinking be more deep-rooted than farming—soil health, water, the ability to feed future generations.
Instead, it's one of the most short-sighted industries in America.
That's legit how civilizations collapse.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/i...
Instead, it's one of the most short-sighted industries in America.
That's legit how civilizations collapse.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/i...
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Farmers are the stewards of the land I am told.
Not a surprise many in the US believe in a wide range of ludicrous lies, when the country is founded on such an extraordinary falsehood, and associated ones about Native American genocide and enslavement of Black people.
Not a surprise many in the US believe in a wide range of ludicrous lies, when the country is founded on such an extraordinary falsehood, and associated ones about Native American genocide and enslavement of Black people.
May 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Farmers are the stewards of the land I am told.
Not a surprise many in the US believe in a wide range of ludicrous lies, when the country is founded on such an extraordinary falsehood, and associated ones about Native American genocide and enslavement of Black people.
Not a surprise many in the US believe in a wide range of ludicrous lies, when the country is founded on such an extraordinary falsehood, and associated ones about Native American genocide and enslavement of Black people.
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Holy shit.
"We’ve over-applied fertilizer, we’ve over-applied water, and we drove nitrates down into the ground, and we have nitrates in groundwater.”
"We’ve over-applied fertilizer, we’ve over-applied water, and we drove nitrates down into the ground, and we have nitrates in groundwater.”
In marking the merger of two water-focused state agencies, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday said he and other farmers “messed up” in managing water resources.
via @nebraskaexaminer.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pill...
via @nebraskaexaminer.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pill...
Pillen admits he and other farmers ‘messed up,’ expects new state agency to improve water management
LINCOLN — In marking the merger of two water-focused state agencies, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday said he and other farmers “messed up” in managing water resources. “What’s really, really imp...
www.newsfromthestates.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Holy shit.
"We’ve over-applied fertilizer, we’ve over-applied water, and we drove nitrates down into the ground, and we have nitrates in groundwater.”
"We’ve over-applied fertilizer, we’ve over-applied water, and we drove nitrates down into the ground, and we have nitrates in groundwater.”
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Farm radio is talking about tariffs and farm impacts.
There are fewer places to bury your head from the facts.
There are fewer places to bury your head from the facts.
May 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Farm radio is talking about tariffs and farm impacts.
There are fewer places to bury your head from the facts.
There are fewer places to bury your head from the facts.
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This also gets at my pet peeve re: the food parts of the farm bill: SNAP, school lunches etc. are very much indirect farm subsidies and big ag absolutely hates to acknowledge that. Also moving what foods get served in schools to more sustainable choices (like beans) would have lots of co-benefits.
What is USDA going to do? Quit paying reduced lunch (supporting farmers, especially dairy farmers) because 2 kids play sports?
May 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This also gets at my pet peeve re: the food parts of the farm bill: SNAP, school lunches etc. are very much indirect farm subsidies and big ag absolutely hates to acknowledge that. Also moving what foods get served in schools to more sustainable choices (like beans) would have lots of co-benefits.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
May 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Nothing says rugged individualism like demanding taxpayer money with one hand and torching public resources with the other.
Don’t tread on my no-strings-attached government subsidies! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Don’t tread on my no-strings-attached government subsidies! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
An Emboldened Property Rights Movement Takes Aim at Wetlands Protections
A longtime provision of federal law called Swampbuster, which has protected millions of acres of wetland from being farmed, is facing a legal challenge.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Nothing says rugged individualism like demanding taxpayer money with one hand and torching public resources with the other.
Don’t tread on my no-strings-attached government subsidies! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Don’t tread on my no-strings-attached government subsidies! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...