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America's Farmer speaks out!! How can we call this AMERICA FIRST!

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Video by Stoney Ridge Farmer

Stoney Ridge Farmer

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This video features a farmer discussing the economic challenges faced by American cattle farmers. He criticizes government policies, including subsidies for foreign beef and crop insurance, arguing that these practices hinder the profitability and sustainability of small-scale American farms. The video highlights the importance of supporting domestic agriculture and contrasts the struggles of American farmers with international competition.

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This is American beef, not Argentinian beef. And we're not bailing out our American farmers. We're bailing out Argentina. What is Why don't we support our country and the people that care about our country and that care about our food and that care about our nutrition and care about our soil instead of making it rain, throwing money at other countries to bail them out and have their beef come in and dilute the market. Finally, this year, I was able to ek out a profit on these cows on a 150 acre first generation farm. It's nearly impossible for a farmer like me to ek out a profit. These cows are basically big mowing machines that are supposed to earn a profit for the farm. Farms lose money. I know a lot of people say, "Ah, you're out there in a $300,000 tractor and you're doing farms are buried up to their eyeballs in debt." You think living paycheck to paycheck is bad? Try living season to season. The government actually provides crop insurance. If your crops freeze or burn or flood, the government pays you for that. So, you don't even have to produce a product. It doesn't seem right to me, guys. It doesn't seem right. Again, we are farmers. We're people that care. We're proud people. And we don't want to be propped up by government subsidies. We don't want to have to compete with foreign countries that pay their employees 54 cents per hour in order to survive.

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