Rick Murdock
@rickmurdockagc.bsky.social
Married 46 years.
Ponderosa Farms Inc
Green Source Irrigation & Solar
Murray, KY
UW Madison graduate.
Grew up in Brazil and Indonesia.
Three of my uncles and my father in law, were anti-fascism fighters in WWII. They are my heroes!
Ponderosa Farms Inc
Green Source Irrigation & Solar
Murray, KY
UW Madison graduate.
Grew up in Brazil and Indonesia.
Three of my uncles and my father in law, were anti-fascism fighters in WWII. They are my heroes!
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It's officially up on the youtube
How Did Farming Become Conservative?
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It's officially up on the youtube
As a graduate of UW Madison, this makes me proud!
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As a graduate of UW Madison, this makes me proud!
My wife feeds the crows bread every morning. They are in the front yard caawing for breakfast.
My wife has her own “murder of crows” is a thing.
My wife has her own “murder of crows” is a thing.
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
My wife feeds the crows bread every morning. They are in the front yard caawing for breakfast.
My wife has her own “murder of crows” is a thing.
My wife has her own “murder of crows” is a thing.
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🗣️ @ossoff.senate.gov : “Remember — We were told MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. The wealthiest Cabinet ever. THIS IS THE EPSTEIN CLASS. They are the elites they pretend to hate. If you’re Bannon, how do you sell any of this?”
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🗣️ @ossoff.senate.gov : “Remember — We were told MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. The wealthiest Cabinet ever. THIS IS THE EPSTEIN CLASS. They are the elites they pretend to hate. If you’re Bannon, how do you sell any of this?”
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With profound sadness I listened to the speakers this morning at the biggest #agriculture show in LATAM here in Uruguay. Talked about instability of the world, change in and lack of reliability of trading partners..how countries used to work together; now have to protect yourself. We all know why.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
With profound sadness I listened to the speakers this morning at the biggest #agriculture show in LATAM here in Uruguay. Talked about instability of the world, change in and lack of reliability of trading partners..how countries used to work together; now have to protect yourself. We all know why.
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 It was the first all-Black protest in America that most people never heard of. It was the loudest protest ever—all without saying a word.🤫 Let me tell you about The Silent Parade of 1917. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 It was the first all-Black protest in America that most people never heard of. It was the loudest protest ever—all without saying a word.🤫 Let me tell you about The Silent Parade of 1917. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 It was the first all-Black protest in America that most people never heard of. It was the loudest protest ever—all without saying a word.🤫 Let me tell you about The Silent Parade of 1917. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 It was the first all-Black protest in America that most people never heard of. It was the loudest protest ever—all without saying a word.🤫 Let me tell you about The Silent Parade of 1917. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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This is so on point! “I feel like” it would go just like this in my own family….😂😩
youtube.com/watch?v=-wQh...
youtube.com/watch?v=-wQh...
Mom Confession - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 AM
This is so on point! “I feel like” it would go just like this in my own family….😂😩
youtube.com/watch?v=-wQh...
youtube.com/watch?v=-wQh...
I asked my grandson 9 (at my house because school is out for snow) if he knew of any recently extinct animals. He replied yes and mentioned the Dodo bird,went and grabbed a globe and showed me its home island. Learned about extinct species on YouTube.
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Google Image Result for https://cdn.britannica.com/32/88432-050-33CD0C79/Dodo.jpg
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February 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I asked my grandson 9 (at my house because school is out for snow) if he knew of any recently extinct animals. He replied yes and mentioned the Dodo bird,went and grabbed a globe and showed me its home island. Learned about extinct species on YouTube.
share.google/MV12KPWOx8f5...
share.google/MV12KPWOx8f5...
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Trump tried to crush renewables, but solar and wind just passed coal worldwide:
Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging » Yale Climate Connections
In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trump tried to crush renewables, but solar and wind just passed coal worldwide:
Checking livestock and got to see these 6 turkeys, out scratching for food.
This field is a fescue, white clover hay field.
This field is a fescue, white clover hay field.
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Checking livestock and got to see these 6 turkeys, out scratching for food.
This field is a fescue, white clover hay field.
This field is a fescue, white clover hay field.
Soybean farmers in the USA and black bean farmers in Myanmar have same problem.
Our junta and their junta: same
Our junta and their junta: same
Farmers in Ayeyarwady Region face mounting debts and threats to their livelihoods as black bean prices plummet due to a combination of decreased international demand and the junta’s mismanagement of the economy.
Growing debt: Myanmar farmers suffer from dwindling bean market
Farmers in Ayeyarwady Region face mounting debts and threats to their livelihoods as black bean prices plummet due to a combination of decreased international demand and the junta’s mismanagement of t...
www.frontiermyanmar.net
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Soybean farmers in the USA and black bean farmers in Myanmar have same problem.
Our junta and their junta: same
Our junta and their junta: same
January snow storm and everything closed down.
Staying home, staying warm and enjoying my staycation.
Cardinal outside out the window, by my easy chair.
Staying home, staying warm and enjoying my staycation.
Cardinal outside out the window, by my easy chair.
January 29, 2026 at 1:27 AM
January snow storm and everything closed down.
Staying home, staying warm and enjoying my staycation.
Cardinal outside out the window, by my easy chair.
Staying home, staying warm and enjoying my staycation.
Cardinal outside out the window, by my easy chair.
I only mow the area in the valley once a year. This is at the edge of our front yard. The darker area is a milkweed patch, that I do not mow, to let the monarch butterflies know I love them!
The deer are foraging the taller stockpiled fescue and clover.
Deer and monarch butterfly habitat.
The deer are foraging the taller stockpiled fescue and clover.
Deer and monarch butterfly habitat.
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I only mow the area in the valley once a year. This is at the edge of our front yard. The darker area is a milkweed patch, that I do not mow, to let the monarch butterflies know I love them!
The deer are foraging the taller stockpiled fescue and clover.
Deer and monarch butterfly habitat.
The deer are foraging the taller stockpiled fescue and clover.
Deer and monarch butterfly habitat.
Buck in the edge of our yard! Pawing the snow to get to forage.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Buck in the edge of our yard! Pawing the snow to get to forage.
Deer herd eating canola a la snow.
January 27, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Deer herd eating canola a la snow.
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Originally for Kent State, but today for all those killed by ICE and law enforcement while standing up for peace:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CadP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CadP...
Holly Near - It Could Have Been Me (Live)
YouTube video by DiffrentDrumr
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Originally for Kent State, but today for all those killed by ICE and law enforcement while standing up for peace:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CadP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CadP...
I took a group of Kentucky growers to Brazil in 1996 to tour the Cerrado. We spent time in Sorriso, “Smile,” and the loved it.
We asked, the local growers when did you make the move from the south of Brazil to the new lands of the Cerrado. We all noticed a pattern, they moved….
We asked, the local growers when did you make the move from the south of Brazil to the new lands of the Cerrado. We all noticed a pattern, they moved….
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I took a group of Kentucky growers to Brazil in 1996 to tour the Cerrado. We spent time in Sorriso, “Smile,” and the loved it.
We asked, the local growers when did you make the move from the south of Brazil to the new lands of the Cerrado. We all noticed a pattern, they moved….
We asked, the local growers when did you make the move from the south of Brazil to the new lands of the Cerrado. We all noticed a pattern, they moved….
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“We have seen the character of MAGA, and it is rotten to the core. The cult has proven that there is no loyalty to anything but itself and the promotion of its own power over everything else. We thought it was just Trump, we now know it is not.”
open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...
open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...
The America I grew up in is dead.
The America I grew up in is dead.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“We have seen the character of MAGA, and it is rotten to the core. The cult has proven that there is no loyalty to anything but itself and the promotion of its own power over everything else. We thought it was just Trump, we now know it is not.”
open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...
open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...
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Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said President Donald Trump's plans to acquire Greenland are "dumb as hell."
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said President Donald Trump's plans to acquire Greenland are "dumb as hell."
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Tough but fair (short; 3 mins) or TL;DR
Farmer (40 yrs) doesn't know how US lost its soy export mkt to China 2x in two Orange Man admins, but I'll bet he knows what happened with Carter and grain prices 45 yrs ago.
"Not much of a businessman." True, but he'll probably get bailed out like always.
Farmer (40 yrs) doesn't know how US lost its soy export mkt to China 2x in two Orange Man admins, but I'll bet he knows what happened with Carter and grain prices 45 yrs ago.
"Not much of a businessman." True, but he'll probably get bailed out like always.
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Tough but fair (short; 3 mins) or TL;DR
Farmer (40 yrs) doesn't know how US lost its soy export mkt to China 2x in two Orange Man admins, but I'll bet he knows what happened with Carter and grain prices 45 yrs ago.
"Not much of a businessman." True, but he'll probably get bailed out like always.
Farmer (40 yrs) doesn't know how US lost its soy export mkt to China 2x in two Orange Man admins, but I'll bet he knows what happened with Carter and grain prices 45 yrs ago.
"Not much of a businessman." True, but he'll probably get bailed out like always.
I remember my grandfather talking so much about life during the Great Depression. He was born in 1903. He was married, farming with mules and 5 children when the hard times hit in the 1930’s.
The similarities of the 1920’s with the 2020’s, is the history, our grandchildren will study.
From Google:
The similarities of the 1920’s with the 2020’s, is the history, our grandchildren will study.
From Google:
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I remember my grandfather talking so much about life during the Great Depression. He was born in 1903. He was married, farming with mules and 5 children when the hard times hit in the 1930’s.
The similarities of the 1920’s with the 2020’s, is the history, our grandchildren will study.
From Google:
The similarities of the 1920’s with the 2020’s, is the history, our grandchildren will study.
From Google:
This should be another boost to the ag commodity markets.
Not!
Not!
Sec. Marco Rubio freezes all visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries:
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This should be another boost to the ag commodity markets.
Not!
Not!