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Lucas Miller retweeted
Generally speaking, kernel damage from mold, sprouting and/or discoloration due to excessive rain is a covered peril. Kernel damage discounts are in the Special Provisions of the AIB:
Soybeans 8.01%-35%
Corn 10.01%-35%
Samples can be taken from a bin to determine this damage. If you think you have damage, take a sample to your elevator for testing, and if confirmed, turn in a loss.
All harvest claims must be turned in within 15 days of harvest to be considered timely.
Lucas Miller retweeted
I came across a post on the fertilizer ratio to corn price. Stone X did the research and the math and they are not wrong. @JLinvilleFert We can get down on ag and wallow in self-pity or stand up and fight.
1. Fertilizer efficiency per bushel has never been better. Investment in precision technology is rising. Investment dollars are tight so let's get them placed in high value optimization work.
2. We can hedge of higher December futures than the price in the data today. We can then turn the grain over to the "elevator" side of our farm to earn carry.
3. The import tariffs on PHOS are providing a profit umbrella to largely ONE company. MOSAIC has 74% of the US market. Can someone look at the world price vs US price? Take the difference, if it exists, X Mosaic sales? Let's be data driven and fight inflation
Jeff
Lucas Miller retweeted
Nebraska's farmers have been anxiously waiting for today's announcement, and we appreciate EPA’s efforts again giving us access to dicamba for over-the-top use on soybeans. Nebraska Farm Bureau has and continues to be a supporter of crop protection product technology, and we thank EPA Administrator Zeldin for his continued support of these technologies. The use of this product has the potential to save Nebraska farmers thousands of dollars due to reduced weed pressure and potential fewer passes with a sprayer. For years, NEFB has supported substantial flexibility when it comes to the use of this important product, and we continue to believe in its safety and effectiveness. Today’s announcement provides Nebraska farmers with needed certainty as they make plans for the 2026 planting season.
🚜 America’s cotton and soybean growers are a vital element of US agriculture. Cotton farmers across the southern United States have been particularly vocal about why they desperately need Over The Top dicamba application as herbicide-resistant weeds like Palmer amaranth have become nearly impossible to control with other available tools, threatening crop yields and farm viability. These "super weeds" can grow 3 inches per day and destroy entire fields.
To be clear, dicamba has already been on the market and available for sale and in wide, continuous use on farms across the United States totally aside from farmers’ pleas for OTT application.
President Trump strongly supports America’s farmers, and today’s temporary approval reinforces that commitment. Included are the toughest environmental and human health protections on OTT application in history: halved annual use rates, doubled drift-reduction requirements, stricter temperature limits, and mandatory conservation practices to protect pollinators, neighboring farms, and endangered species.
Grounded in gold-standard science, radical transparency, and accountability, this action ensures farmers have the tools they need to succeed responsibly while safeguarding the environment and rural communities.
For MANY more important specifics, read the detailed announcement here: spgv.io/6017BAiT
Honestly, I’m just shocked he reached someone to talk to.
The IRS is going to start screening my calls
Me: "Hi, I'm calling because I got this penalty notice and---"
Agent: "Tax ID please"
Me: "---I don't think I owe this. The notice shows a 1099 I didn't receive"
Agent: "So you didn't report a 1099?"
Me: "Right, because I never got it."
Agent: "Well I see it here on your account."
Me: "You see the 1099?"
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "So you have the 1099, and I don't have the 1099."
Agent: "Correct."
Me: "And I'm being penalized."
Agent: "You should have received it."
Me: "But I didn't. And you did."
Agent: "The employer was supposed to send it."
Me: "But they only sent it to you."
Agent: "We were both supposed to receive copies."
Me: "So they failed to send it to me, they succeeded in sending it to you, and I'm the one getting penalized."
Agent: "You need to report your income, sir."
Me: "How? I don't know what it is."
Agent: "It's on the 1099."
Me: "Which I didn't have."
Agent: "You still need to report it."
Me: “How? You're the one with the information."
Agent: "That's between you and your employer"
Me: "I'm just trying to understand. You have the document. You know the amount. You caught the discrepancy. Without me doing anything. And now I owe money?"
Agent: "You owe a penalty."
Me: "For what?"
Agent: "Not reporting the income."
Me: "That I didn't know about."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "That the IRS knew about."
Agent: "Correct."
Me: "But I should have known about."
Agent: "Right."
Me: "And that's my problem? How do I know there's not more missing stuff?"
Agent: "Well you could request your Wage and Income Transcript. It shows all your income sources we have record of."
Me: "Wait. You have a... transcript?"
Agent: "Everyone has a transcript, sir. It shows all reported income and some deductions."
Me: "You can see all my income."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "From the 1099s and W2s?!”
Agent: "Right."
Me: "So you have a complete record of my income."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "And you knew about this 1099 because it's on that transcript."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "So why does anyone file a return? Couldn't you just... look at the transcript and know what someone owes?"
Agent: "I don't---."
Me: "But instead you make everyone fill out forms?"
Agent: "That's how tax works, sir "
Me: "Can I see the transcript?"
Agent: "Of course. You just needed to request it"
Me: "Why wouldn't you just automatically send it to me every year?"
Agent: "We don't do that sir."
Me: "So the IRS requires me to transcribe information that's already on your transcript that you make me request so that you can penalize me when I don't transcribe it correctly?"
Me: "Feels like a set-up"
Agent: "That's how tax works. Is there anything else I can help you with today, sir?
Me: “I’d like to go ahead and request that transcript can you send it to me?”
Agent: “Sure thing, I’ll get you that fax number”
Me: “The what---”
Lucas Miller retweeted
The IRS is going to start screening my calls
Me: "Hi, I'm calling because I got this penalty notice and---"
Agent: "Tax ID please"
Me: "---I don't think I owe this. The notice shows a 1099 I didn't receive"
Agent: "So you didn't report a 1099?"
Me: "Right, because I never got it."
Agent: "Well I see it here on your account."
Me: "You see the 1099?"
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "So you have the 1099, and I don't have the 1099."
Agent: "Correct."
Me: "And I'm being penalized."
Agent: "You should have received it."
Me: "But I didn't. And you did."
Agent: "The employer was supposed to send it."
Me: "But they only sent it to you."
Agent: "We were both supposed to receive copies."
Me: "So they failed to send it to me, they succeeded in sending it to you, and I'm the one getting penalized."
Agent: "You need to report your income, sir."
Me: "How? I don't know what it is."
Agent: "It's on the 1099."
Me: "Which I didn't have."
Agent: "You still need to report it."
Me: “How? You're the one with the information."
Agent: "That's between you and your employer"
Me: "I'm just trying to understand. You have the document. You know the amount. You caught the discrepancy. Without me doing anything. And now I owe money?"
Agent: "You owe a penalty."
Me: "For what?"
Agent: "Not reporting the income."
Me: "That I didn't know about."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "That the IRS knew about."
Agent: "Correct."
Me: "But I should have known about."
Agent: "Right."
Me: "And that's my problem? How do I know there's not more missing stuff?"
Agent: "Well you could request your Wage and Income Transcript. It shows all your income sources we have record of."
Me: "Wait. You have a... transcript?"
Agent: "Everyone has a transcript, sir. It shows all reported income and some deductions."
Me: "You can see all my income."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "From the 1099s and W2s?!”
Agent: "Right."
Me: "So you have a complete record of my income."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "And you knew about this 1099 because it's on that transcript."
Agent: "Yes."
Me: "So why does anyone file a return? Couldn't you just... look at the transcript and know what someone owes?"
Agent: "I don't---."
Me: "But instead you make everyone fill out forms?"
Agent: "That's how tax works, sir "
Me: "Can I see the transcript?"
Agent: "Of course. You just needed to request it"
Me: "Why wouldn't you just automatically send it to me every year?"
Agent: "We don't do that sir."
Me: "So the IRS requires me to transcribe information that's already on your transcript that you make me request so that you can penalize me when I don't transcribe it correctly?"
Me: "Feels like a set-up"
Agent: "That's how tax works. Is there anything else I can help you with today, sir?
Me: “I’d like to go ahead and request that transcript can you send it to me?”
Agent: “Sure thing, I’ll get you that fax number”
Me: “The what---”
Lucas Miller retweeted
As a farmer here in Nebraska who continues to battle chemical resistant weed varieties. It is imperative that we have every safe and scientifically proven chemistry available for use in 2026. #planting26 is quickly approaching.
Farmers need a dicamba label now for the 2026 growing season. ASA urges @EPA to continue its long history of upholding safe, sound science & approve this critical tool to grow efficient U.S. soybeans. @epaleezeldin
Lucas Miller retweeted
Health & safety are of utmost importance to soybean farmers. @EPA has a long track record of upholding sound science when approving innovative ag tools. America's soybean farmers urge @epaleezeldin & the agency to approve a dicamba label now. – at Wilton, IA
Lucas Miller retweeted
The availability of dicamba is imperative to U.S. soybean farmers for the 2026 growing season. @EPA has consistently followed sound science & law when approving safe, effective crop protection tools. @epaleezeldin
Lucas Miller retweeted
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Lucas Miller retweeted
In my call w/@ChipFlory, I emphasized that EPA’s proposed BBD mandates aren't high enough. The Biden-era mandates were far too low. We need more than just a "step in the right direction." #biodiesel #SAF omny.fm/shows/agritalk/agrit…
Lucas Miller retweeted
New link: youtu.be/WmJc55wVqSE?si=hTo5…
2025 was pretty varied for @IdahoMtnWheat and @Farmer_Klick. We put a wrap on the year with a final farmer conversation with them in the MtoM #podcast. Here is @PaulYeager youtu.be/XKR17eume7M?si=rukX…
Lucas Miller retweeted
Nebraska Farm Bureau continues to be a strong supporter of the work of the Nebraska Brand Committee, including its important role in mitigating cattle theft in our state. While we have been open to discussions centered around modernization to ensure the current fee system is equitable for program participants, our members have made it clear that they are not supportive of changes that would effectively end the mandatory brand inspection program as it exists today in favor of a voluntary statewide system as proposed in LB 1258, legislation introduced by Sen. Ben Hansen of Blair. Given the volume of questions we’ve received about the legislation, we felt it is important to be clear that Nebraska Farm Bureau is opposed and will actively work to stop any effort to implement a statewide voluntary brand inspection system.
Lucas Miller retweeted
Just a reminder to those waiting to buy their planter parts. We run the best pricing all year long on parts. If there is a program or extra discount, yeah we will advertise it and pass it along. There is not an extra 10% to take off for one week of the year. We don't mark everything up an extra for the year to offer and off set an extra 10% off a couple weeks a year. That is not how New Ag Supply works or will work. No gimmicks.
Cutting back on the proposed RVOs and allowing foreign feedstocks to receive full credits for biofuels seem like two BIG things that don’t seem to put American Farmers First
One year ago today, @POTUS came back to Washington with a promise to put American Farmers First. In just 12 months, this administration has delivered - strengthened the farm safety net, lowered taxes, cut regulations, created new trade wins, delivered historic disaster relief, and a long-overdue return to real food and SNAP integrity. Common sense is back @USDA, rural America is rising, and American agriculture is winning again. And we’re just getting started!
newsweek.com/agriculture-sec…
Lucas Miller retweeted
ASA's Washington, D.C. office is hiring an office manager & policy assistant to support general administration needs, support the gov affairs team on developing policy issues, & assist other departments as needed. Learn more & apply here: ow.ly/mEgs50Y0gni #DCjobs #AgPolicy
Lucas Miller retweeted
We can’t have strict meat and poultry inspection (USDA FSIS) and lax USDA Packer and Stockyard enforcement.
@USDA
@USDAFoodSafety
@SecKennedy
@SecRollins
@FarmActionFund
@NFUtweets
@RCALFUSA
@RepThomasMassie
Lucas Miller retweeted
This is the way
When U.S. farmers depend heavily on a single foreign buyer, U.S. trade policy is taken hostage.
No country has exploited that vulnerability more than China, and no crop has been weaponized more than American soybeans.
The fix is structural: crush more beans here, keep the oil and meal at home, fuel American energy, and take Beijing’s cancel button off the table.
Read the full op-ed:
thehill.com/opinion/internat…
