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texastwinkie.bsky.social @texastwinkie.bsky.social

Ask wheat farmers. We got $4.80 in June; it's now at $4.20-ish/bushel. 60 cents a bushel doesn't sound like much until you multiply it by 500K bushels. (Hint: $300K in income - first to pay off seed, equipment payments, farmhands if they can be found, taxes and insurance for 12 months.)

aug 28, 2025, 8:20 pm • 0 0

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Mike Lowe @mike-lowe.bsky.social

This is pitiful.

aug 28, 2025, 8:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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texastwinkie.bsky.social @texastwinkie.bsky.social

Many are still "waiting for F47 to straighten it all out" phase of denial. A very few are realizing they got sold a bill of goods or got fked over, which is the way they really feel. Quote from local cafe: "I have a bumper crop this year and it's worthless."

aug 28, 2025, 8:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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oldcold.bsky.social @oldcold.bsky.social

Yup. I've got many relatives in NE and other ruby red states. Overwhelmingly, the attitude is that it's almost all Joe Biden's fault (except the part that's Obama's fault) and we just have to give Trump more time to fix it. However long that takes. Any day now. Just like the Rapture.

sep 2, 2025, 12:20 am • 0 0 • view