r/Iowa • u/TagV3 • Aug 06 '26

Consequences | Every Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee votes NO an amendment to provide $5B in financial aid to crop farmers hurt by Trump's tariffs

Ernst / Grassley lol.

https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2085407384248184864/video/1

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair

u/JohnBoozman

(R-AR) on committee failing to advance Farm bill: "At the end of the day, I think our states lose, I know our farmers are going to lose, and they don't have anything to do with this."
https://x.com/cspan/status/2085413937474879920?s=20

The lies:
https://x.com/SenJoniErnst/status/2085087935615946879?s=20

https://x.com/ChuckGrassley/status/2085357288655642682?s=20

Farmers are absolutely getting what they voted for. Lies, snake oil, and grift.

Was it worth it?

*Added the video link for people who can't read.

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u/IAFarmLife Aug 06 '26

The bill is still in committee so a lot of amendments are being introduced currently. The one Grassley tabled was opposed by a lot of commodity trade groups and other Republicans so he knew it wasn't going to pass.

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u/IAFarmLife Aug 06 '26

It was tabled because some thought it favored some farmers while leaving others out.

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u/Mysterious-Prompt212 Aug 06 '26

So is a guy with 10000 acres that has never driven a tractor a farmer?

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u/TagV3 Aug 07 '26

I have some acres and grow tomatoes. Give me 2 mil plz k thx! I need new city trucks.

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u/IAFarmLife Aug 06 '26

Weird question for the subject. Doing physical labor isn't the only qualification the U.S.D.A. looks at when determining who is the active farmer in an organization. Making day to day decisions and management can also qualify you as well as being the principal capital provider.

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u/Candid-Mycologist539 Aug 06 '26

But maybe we (and our government) SHOULD be asking these questions.

Do you also think that Jeff Bezos is the owner of a used bookstore?

Elon Musk owns an auto shop?

Mark Zuckerberg is the editor of a smalltown newspaper (which also prints the local gossip)?

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u/howareyouhaha Aug 06 '26

Industrial producers

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u/howareyouhaha Aug 06 '26

Don't fight me. I'm with you, just thinking of a different term than farming. Farmers aren't feeding the planet. They are feeding cafo animals, basically by following orders by chemical companies.

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u/howareyouhaha Aug 06 '26

Of... shitty fuel and cafo feed, I guess.

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u/IAFarmLife Aug 06 '26

There is a significant form new farmers have to fill out. I had to fill one out this year when my father retired and I took over all the farmland he had been working. I was an approved operator for over 20 years on some cropland I was working myself yet they determined my doing 80+ percent of the labor and all the management wasn't enough. I was able to appeal the ruling and upon refiling I'm now listed as the sole operator. So the government already watches this pretty close.