Steve's PlaceTrump and his pals get to buy farmland cheap now. They all are crooks. Capitalism is fascism with a big smile, wearing a suit and a tie, offering trinkets at an imaginary discount.
The Alpaca OutpostWe’re training alpacas for the Utah backcountry! 🏔️🦙
We are officially documenting our journey of training these amazing animals to be our hiking and camping companions. We’re currently a year into building our off-grid property in the Sanpete Valley, and while we’re still living in our campers, the ranch life is in full swing.
We just posted our first video. It's called "A Quiet Beginning" and is just a mini-intro. We'll be posting weekly content.
If your feed feels a little noisy, we invite you to step into our world. Our videos are a deep breath of unfiltered calm—no talking and no rush. Just the sounds of the "Woof Pack," the wind through the high-mountain valley, and our alpacas grazing.
Subscribe and keep an eye on us as we grow and eventually head from the pasture to the peaks:
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Alan Lewis: #brattleboro #brattleboronews #democrats #donaldthehoaxtrump #donaldtramp #eightysix47 #farming #farms #nokings #presidenttramp #smallfarms #trumpstein #trumpsteincoverup #uspol #uspolitics #vermont #vermontnews :
LATELY DONALD TRUMP RATED THE US ECONOMY AS A+++++
YOU DON'T HEAR ANY BILLIONAIRES COMPLAINING, DO YOU
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The following comes from a local (Brattleboro VT area) farmer who posts on a variety of topics, mostly having to do with farming and local goings-on:
In case anyone is wondering how trumps tariffs affect small farmers, let me present exhibit A, I ordered a small box of parts for my greenhouse, the price for the parts are $28.08, the additional tariff fees and brokerage and transport fees added another $115.20 to the cost! For a $28 part. The factory apologized, I apologized to him, he said business is severely affected by the tariffs. There will not be relief for small farmers coming from the WH, it’s all going to big mid western farms, mostly corporate owned by people like Scott Bissete, secretary of the treasury of the United States, how cozy…
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#NickOfferman: America's #SmallFarms Are Being Slaughtered by #Corporations | #TheDailyShow
Nick Offerman: America's Small Farms Are Being Slaughtered by Corporations | The Daily Show
Tina M CaseyHuman foods and farm resiliency are front and center in new agrivoltaic project.
#agrivoltaic #agrisolar #agriculture #solar #solarpower #solarenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sustainable #sustainability #smallfarms #communityfarms #farms #farming #food #foodsystems
Tina M CaseyHuman foods and farm resiliency are front and center in new agrivoltaic project.
#agrivoltaic #agrisolar #agriculture #solar #solarpower #solarenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sustainable #sustainability #smallfarms #communityfarms #farms #farming #food #foodsystems
Paul Sochacki"Iowa farmers push back in precision agriculture"
#agtech #drones #ai #gps #cropscience #monocrops #smallfarms #iowa
DoomsdaysCWNot just Smiling Hill Farm, other #MaineFarms are feeling the effects of the #Drought!
#SevereDrought causing concern for #Maine farmers
Some farmers say they are down at least 30% and are either making adjustments, or looking ahead to next season
Sep 17, 2025
Jackie Mundry, Reporter
TURNER, Maine — "Whether it's beef, apples, or corn, farmers in Maine are having to cut corners or make other plans because we haven't seen enough rain this year.
" 'You need at least one inch of rain to grow a good crop,' Russ Black of Black Acre Farm said.
"He typically saves his second crop of hay to feed his cows over the winter, but he's already using it because the grass hasn't grown fast enough for hay. [Smiling Hill Farm is having the same problem.]
" 'We haven't seen it this dry, so it's definitely a year to stand out,' Jared Hood of Hood Farm said.
"Hood grows corn and sells it to dairy farmers to feed their cows. He says the corn stalks are typically 10-12 feet tall, but right now some are less than 5 feet.
" 'We have some irrigation up here, but we can't irrigate it all. We're on top of a hill,' Jeff Timberlake of Ricker Hill Orchard said.
"Timberlake added that despite the lack of rain, there will still be plenty of apples at the orchard's U-Pick.
"He's hoping for rain not just for the rest of apple season but for next year's apples because the flowers for that are growing now.
"Ricker Hill Farm and Hood Farm are down at least 30-60%
" 'This apple right now is about an inch and a quarter. It's dehydrated. It's shriveled up,' Timberlake said, showing off his apples.
"Black told Maine's Total Coverage he hasn't seen it this dry since the early 2000s; at that time, he had to make adjustments.
" 'I sold some cows. I had to buy a lot of feed. You know, I might have to buy feed this year if I can find it,' he said.
"Black said he hopes we get more rain in the next four weeks, while Timberlake and Hood are looking ahead to next year."
Source:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/severe-drought-causing-concern-maine-farmers/65997555
#MaineDrought #Drought #NewEnglandDrought
#ClimateChange #SmallFarms #MaineFarms
Saw a piece about this on the local news...
#SmilingHillFarm (post from FB): "Because of the drought, we have been moving our cows around to different pastures… in search of green grass. We cannot recall the last time the cows grazed in the shadow of our Big Red Barn. The fields are just that dry… and not growing fast enough to sustain them. 😢 "
#MaineDrought #Drought #NewEnglandDrought #ClimateChange #SmallFarms #FamilyFarms #MaineFarms
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