So i was curious after seeing the trillions of dollars lost in the value of the stock market over the past few weeks.

Farmers have lost $877,000,000 in the value of soybeans in storage on their farms since early February. Looked at the November contact.

Impressive work by the President.

We have a lovely heritage apple orchard. Normally we just sell the picked apples by the bucket or bag full, but that's caught on with others in the area and now there's a lot of competition, which has driven down prices.

We're considering doing a You Pick, because the closest one is 30 minutes away and only open weekends and we can do it by appointment anytime (lots of wfh people here with very flexible schedules). My insurance agent seems unconcerned and feels any issues would be covered by my regular house/land policy since it would be a short term thing every other year.

But there's a bunch of really stupid people in the world. I have never been to a You Pick place, do they give people ladders? Do the stupid people fall off them? Are pick poles better?

I think I need any and all advice you can offer for a You Pick for apples, even just your experience if you have been to one. The last harvest we had to basically preserve all ourselves bc of the others now selling and I still have tons of that left so I don't want to do that again if I can find a better way to sell some of these apples.

This will be my first year spraying my cattle pastures. I have a 24' wide sprayer with 17 yellow nozzles. I want to spray 2,4-D to kill bitter weed and nightshade. I have the chart but I'm still unsure on how fast I need to go and how much to mix.

This isn’t about politics. I am just reading more and more about family farms in dire straits and I don’t want to see billionaires own all of the farms in America.

I’m wondering if any smaller/family farmers are thinking about crowdfunding to help keep their land? I don’t know what benefits you could offer- I’d be happy with an arial photo and/or photo of happy livestock.

I just think a lot of Americans don’t want to see farms go under and might want to know how we can help? If you have ideas or are already doing this, I’d love to hear about it. Thx

Anyone ever used any of their stuff? https://www.energycurve.com/

I found this agtalk thread and it’s one big ole red flag: https://www.newagtalk.com/FORUMS/thread-view.asp?tid=989854&mid=8927368#M8927368

Had a guy come around pushing it, and I’m naturally skeptical but I got major “fly by night” energy from it all.

Agriculture secretary says farmers and ranchers understand there may be "short time of uncertainty"

From CNN's Kit Maher

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said today that American farmers and ranchers “understand that there may be a short time of uncertainty” as President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on at least 10% across all countries — with even higher rates for 60 countries.

Asked about the impact on foreign countries, Rollins pulled out a chart showing their exports and how it compares to the United States.

“This is what he’s trying to fix,” Rollins told reporters outside the White House.

“I’m not surprised there’s some complaining, but at the end of the day, this president is committed to putting Americans first,” Rollins continued.

Here’s what some lawmakers from agricultural states are saying about the tarriffs:

• Sen. Jerry Moran, a Republican from Kansas, said retaliatory tariffs on farm products and steel and aluminum manufactured in his state are “very damaging.” He warned that markets lost through aggressive tariff policies often “don’t come back,” so even if farmers are compensated, “how do you get soybeans that we used to sell to sell to somebody that no longer buys from us because they’re cheaper someplace else?”
• Republican Sen. Thom Tillis told CNN earlier this week, “Anyone who says there may be a little bit of pain before we get things right need to talk to farmers who are one crop away from bankruptcy.” The North Carolina lawmaker said the administration has to be “crisp on this implementation otherwise we can do damage that’s irreparable to farmers and businesses” in his state.

CNN’s Alison Main, Manu Raju and Veronica Stracqualursi contributed reporting to this postAgriculture secretary says farmers and ranchers understand there may be "short time of uncertainty"

I get it's all on everyone's minds and is important to talk about, but it would be nice if it was contained in one place to give visibility to other topics.