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“Americas farmers average 60 years old. And none of these kids want to work. The whole industry is in danger.”
“Wow. Would you hire me? I’d love to take it over!”
“Absolutely not.”
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This account with an AI profile pic in a cowboy hat feels like a bot to me. (It blocked me.)
Then Reuters pushes out a story about screwworm today, triggered by nothing I can see, trying to scare people again about a problem Brooke Rollins inherited and has handled well?
I believe there is an op underway. Stay frosty
Cristi, this is complete bullshit. She has no power to make MCOOL mandatory, that would require an act of Congress. She supports MCOOL against enormous backlash from packers and big players in the beef industry.
The EID rules were installed before her tenure in 2024 and only apply to some cattle and bison crossing state lines. She had nothing to do with that.
And not only does our food system not contain meat from animals with MRNA vaccinations, there ARE no mRNA vaccinations in wide usage (in fact there is only one RNA-based vaccine available for livestock, period, and it's only for pigs; Sequivity from Merck, which has been available for swine herds since 2012).
It seems your understanding of ag is limited to creating an AI profile photo bedecked with a cowboy hat.
That’s Rodeo retweeted
Truth. One of my biggest theological breakthroughs was holding a screaming baby at 3AM thinking "why are you upset? I give you food, I'm hugging you, you are loved, you are clean. You have everything you want and need and you are still crying." And the mirror hit hard.
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I fear @yearlins may be right. This nation won’t learn to appreciate agriculture until they’re cold and hungry.
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Happy Monday and good afternoon to everyone except the nasty political animals trying to destroy everything ag has finally achieved in Sec Rollins' tenure after years of inaction and inattention.
Over my dead body.
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A fourth-generation ranching family is facing a $267,540 fine and potentially more than $3.7 MILLION in compliance costs over livestock watering ponds.
Now, they’re fighting for their constitutional right to a jury trial — with a case that could reach the US Supreme Court.
THIS is why we launched @USDA’s Farmer and Rancher Freedom Framework.
No American farmer or rancher should have to risk losing their livelihood fighting to defend their property rights and due process.
I first met Wade and Teresa King last year, and we’ve been working with them ever since. In February, we welcomed them to Washington for the launch of our Freedom Framework, where they connected with @PacificLegal, which is now representing them in their legal fight.
We stood with the Kings then, and we stand with them NOW.
We will NEVER stop fighting to protect the property rights, freedoms, and livelihoods of the hardworking Americans who feed our nation. 🇺🇸
foxnews.com/politics/rancher…
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If someone dusts off this crappy 20 yr old graphic to convince you to sell public land, keep scrolling. An acreage tally tells you nothing about hunting access, migration corridors, or trout water the public could lose. It shows deep and almost profane ignorance on the issue:
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You could have purchased a GE refrigerator made in Decatur, Alabama or a Whirlpool made in Amana, Iowa with the same specs for half the price and supported American workers. I’m glad you had to pay a $350 premium. Should be way higher.
I just bought a $1999 refrigerator.
It would have been about $1649 if not for the federal tariffs tax which I (not “South Korea”) paid.
I also paid $155 in sales tax.
Total cost $2154. Of which 25% is tariff tax and sales tax.
To pay for it, I had to earn $3,420 in gross salary, of which $1266 went to fed and state taxes.
So for $3,420 in labor I got a refrigerator worth $1,649 (48%).
52% went to the government in taxes.
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For generations, families across the West have made a living on lands they share with elk, mule deer, and other wildlife. Those livelihoods and the cultures they sustain helped make America what it is & are worth protecting. Datacenters do not have to be sited on public land.
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I am a small scale scrubland rancher living on the edge of the Navajo reservation in my grandad's old house.
My corrals are built of old railroad ties scrounged off the BNSF line.
My tractor is 55 years old.
My son and I break wild horses to use on the ranch to save money.
I have nothing to offer the secretary for her support but gratitude.
If not for the secretary, big solar would have already evicted me from my grazing allotment and put me out of a way to earn a living.
I have the secretary's back.
American Hero, Patriot, Freedom Maker, Principled, Unwavering, AMERICAN… @SecRollins is a history maker… We are lucky to have her in the Cabinet. @LonesomeLands @americaunwon @A1Policy Carry On madam Secretary… We have your back.
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Yes, building AI data ctrs on federal land is an explicit Trump admin policy priority. The USGS report is an early step in carrying it out. It gives BLM maps and analysis to assess where data centers could be built alongside power infrastructure. Betrayal of Western rural people.
A recent federal report found 91.3 million acres of public lands — an area nearly the size of Montana — could be used for data centers.
The Trump official overseeing most federal lands has tens of millions invested in the AI industry.
propublica.org/article/burgu…
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people in urban areas see boots as an accessory for a cowboy costume as opposed to an incredibly practical and often expensive piece of clothing that have an entire culture around them
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This claim does not survive contact with reality. Just a few things @SecRollins has done for independent producers off the top of my head:
Packers: Rollins stood next to DOJ in May while it escalated a criminal antitrust probe into JBS, Cargill, Tyson, and National Beef, the "Big 4" that control about 85% of fed cattle processing, up from 25% in 1977.
Processing: Launched the $500M SPUR program, for U.S.-owned beef processors only. Packers that are nationally dominant in beef processing, or owned by one, are not eligible. On top of that, $57M went to 146 small processing projects in 40 states.
MCOOL: Mandatory country-of-origin labeling has been gone since Congress killed it in 2015. In September, USDA was ordered to review its authority to bring it back. Only Congress can fully restore it, but it’s back on the table for the first time in a decade, and has full support from Rollins despite enormous pushback from big players in the beef industry who strenuously oppose it.
Wolves: In October, Rollins sent letters to 13 governors asking them to consider delisting or downlisting wolves. Ranchers losing calves have been asking for that for years.
Grazing and small plants: More federal ground is open to grazing. Small processors get technical help from the Food Safety and Inspection Service, there’s a grading pilot for small plants, and interstate shipment is getting easier. Two weeks ago or so, she called a virtual meeting with 500 FS employees and told them all to put ranchers first. Total reversal from decades-long anti-rancher precedent.
Big solar: In August 2025 USDA stopped funding solar and wind on productive farmland.
Lawfare: USDA opened a portal in April 2025 where farmers can report government overreach directly. In 2026 it added the Farmer and Rancher Freedom Framework and a partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA).
And let's talk about individual cases:
The Maudes, South Dakota: Federal felony charges over a fence-line dispute with the Forest Service, with up to 10 years in prison on the table. The charges were dropped in April 2025 because of Rollins' advocacy.
The Henrys, New Jersey: A 175-year-old family farm in Cranbury was targeted by eminent domain for a housing project. USDA stepped in and the farm stayed in the family.
The Kings, Washington: The state fined them $267,540 for cleaning out stock-water ponds. Rollins put the state on notice in writing, threatened to withhold federal funding if the rancher persecution did not end, and Pacific Legal Foundation has joined the fight.
Casey Murph: In Arizona, Casey Murph’s family has run cattle there since before statehood. Now a proposed solar project from Danish developer Ørsted is threatening the state grazing lease his ranch depends on. He filed through the lawfare portal, and Rollins publicly backed him.
Alex Fasulo/Upstate NY Amish & Farmers: In New York, Alex Fasulo’s videos about solar developers chasing working hayfields went viral. In June, Rollins, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and John Rich wrote to Governor Hochul about how the state classifies farmland for solar siting.
Potter Valley, Northern California: PG&E wants to rip out dams that have sent Eel River water to farms for over a century. USDA intervened at FERC, telling regulators PG&E never analyzed what removal does to ag water, groundwater or wildfire response. Rollins wrote a local op-ed, spoke out personally, gave community members (myself included) her podium at the American Farm Bureau Convention to draw attention to the issue, and met with prospective dam buyers and PG&E in D.C., even as local Democrat congressman Jared Huffman threatened to INVESTIGATE her for fighting for this community's water.
California land redistribution: A state task force proposed reserving land purchases, leases, state land and debt forgiveness for farmers based on race. Rollins wrote Newsom demanding the state drop it, citing serious Constitutional concerns and demanding equal treatment under the law.
Admittedly my world is ranching so I'm focusing on that in this list. There's a LOT more.
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You are brainwashed. That’s the first thing you must realize. Not your ancestors. You. They lived every day in contact with the full force of human nature. Birth and death, friends and foes, toils, triumphs, and tears. You get your life lessons from a screen.
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No.
A recent federal report found 91.3 million acres of public lands — an area nearly the size of Montana — could be used for data centers.
The Trump official overseeing most federal lands has tens of millions invested in the AI industry.
propublica.org/article/burgu…
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Robert, I was in the Oval when he signed it. MCOOL and predator control are two of the top issues ranch country has been asking for for years. As for processing, I break down the bottleneck here. I stand behind those EOs 100%. I know the conversations that happened in that room and around those EOs, you do not. You weren’t there. You don’t understand ag. That’s fine. But don’t front.
Beyond my own background, which speaks for itself (I appreciate you reading my bio though!), more importantly I have never made my writing and documentary work about “influencing.” I realize this is an easy sexist smear to throw, but my work has always been about amplifying the voices of producers.
americaunwon.com/p/trump-wan…
