ViejaVaquera

A Texan somewhere on the U.S.-Mexico border.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@gdi_ag I agree. It is their land. big game is big money, but being able to get an ag tax exemption for recreational activities is a loop hole. Recreational properties are in a higher tax bracket. They are recreational not ag. Big game is recreational

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@Localizefoodapp What about Brazilian oranges? 🍊 AZ and CA oranges are dye free
https://t.co/038RRMiAGd

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@elonmusk @tunguz The plan won’t work without free energy….

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@andreaheart19 @caseymurph1 @USDA @johnrich Most people don’t understand that we woke up one morning to be shut down by the USDA who hasn’t cared about us or the broader economic impact in the communities where we work. They try to claim that we are a bunch of bad guys so they can justify the financial harm they created.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@caseymurph1 @andreaheart19 @USDA Someone posted parking lots should be solar arrays. Great idea. If big box parking lots were covered, productive lands could be spared & reduce pavement temps. We need better urban planning NOT destruction of rangelands. She is angry, financially hurt & @johnrich doesn’t care.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@jpwirpsza @trentloos Imported cattle have required 3 vet inspections with one being a USDA vet. Now a 4th vet inspection added after RFID tags for each load scanned. The vet will confirm the load meets health requirements for the state where it will be shipped. No health problems w/ MX cattle.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@Real_SilverLine @amelia_tweetz To her point, local infrastructure is failing.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@ChrisRGibbs She does not understand that she represents farmers, cattle ranchers & feeders, poultry, fisheries, pork producers, foresters, etc when she celebrates consumer “wins”…the rodeo queen is focused consumer approval

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@r0ck3t23

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@Screwworm_RR Or plumbing…whatever this is, it is NOT progress!!!

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@Screwworm_RR In the 11 months since the announcement 📣, you only have footings?! It must not have been a real emergency! 🆘 https://t.co/deSGj73zwx

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@elonmusk AI will never replace a good #entomologist. Something is amiss in the world. Are there more insect problems? pasture mealybug, New World screwworm, cotton jassid, spotted lantern fly, varroa mites, Asian citrus psyllid, Asian longhorned tick, lone star tick…

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Florida’s legendary orange groves are rapidly vanishing, and many fear they may never recover.

Thirty years ago, the state produced roughly 225 million boxes of oranges. This season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts only about 12 million boxes — a staggering 95% decline in just one generation.

The primary culprit is citrus greening (Huanglongbing), a devastating bacterial disease spread by the Asian citrus psyllid. Once infected, trees slowly decline, producing bitter, misshapen, and often partially green fruit before eventually dying. There is still no cure.

Compounding the crisis are increasingly powerful hurricanes, which destroy trees, break branches, strip fruit, and demolish expensive protective screenhouses that cost up to $45,000 per acre. Many struggling growers are selling their land to real estate developers. Once converted into housing, roads, or commercial projects, those groves are gone forever.

Florida orange juice once dominated American breakfast tables. Today, Brazil produces roughly 70% of the world’s orange juice supply, while the U.S. share has shrunk dramatically.

Scientists are working urgently on disease-resistant varieties, but after more than two decades of relentless decline, many in the industry worry that the golden era of Florida oranges — once a defining symbol of the state — may never fully return.

[WLRN, “The fruit that made Florida is quickly disappearing” (2026)]

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@CanadianClub @Rainmaker1973 That’s actually hilarious 👏😂

[Trent Loos @trentloos]

#Nebraska 2 Minute Warning from Kansas and how the low numbers of the beef cows and land loss are looming problems beyond drought.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@jpwirpsza @trentloos Cattleman’s daughter to farmer’s daughter…our buyers only bought English genetics. ¿Me entiendes?

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@kenzyranch @trentloos There is worse to come. Ticks kill.
Imported Mexican cattle displace imported beef. Although annual imports will only displace about 2 months worth of boxed beef. 🥩 monthly imported beef equals about 600K live cattle. Let’s keep economic impact and jobs in the US.

[Trent Loos @trentloos]

You think it nonsense that I HATE $6.1 BILLION in imported beef in 2026?

[Just Andy @andreaheart19]

@BorderBeefLady This totally tracks that @SecRollins is so concerned about it. I forgot her husband is a rich oil guy. They're probably hanging out of a helicopter right now, chasing down a gazelle.

[ViejaVaquera @BorderBeefLady]

@andreaheart19