๐บ๐ธ H-2A farm visas hit a record 318,317 in FY2025 ๐
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 286,820 (90.1%)
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: 15,512
๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica: 4,681
๐ฌ๐น Guatemala: 4,653
๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua: 1,344
Source: US State Dept
>Ground beef prices all time high
>H-2A Farming visas all time high
>Cattle herd smallest since 1950โs
>Grain prices barely up in a decade
what did Ranchers mean by this?
i wish it were a float at this point. ethanol can stand on itโs own two legs and fight for share. even now.
understood we canโt unravel rfs, but they need to liberalize the fuel at this point and let the market settle the exact blend and all. (too easy a solution of course for BigOil)
NASS just corrected an error in the Sept. WASDE. USDAโs NASS says it found a processing error in September 2026 corn data affecting Kansas, Nebraska and U.S. yield and production forecasts.
NASS corrected the September figures, but Octoberโs WASDE forecast remains unchanged: 181.2 bu./acre, up 2.7 bu. from September, with production projected at more than 16 billion bushels.
https://t.co/vUiragBy6E
โผ๏ธ Proton is hosting a map of 300,000+ Flock surveillance device locations that Flock tried to get taken down.
Researcher Joshua Michael says he pulled them from Flock's own systems via a token left open to anyone.
Proton calls the takedown "an attempt to suppress information."
@grok yeah but congress is useless and pandering the same old lies with all three branches of the government under republican control and they still can't get it done.
who can people blame for this epic fuckup?
sadly too much pushback at reforming a upside down system, so they just patch a band-aid on top of a band-aid of a mortal wound.
sad we have to deal with this, but good the AI shows how crazy things have gotten.
on that note - i should make a flow chart for visual sake on how crazy the ag system is when it comes down to how money is spent, where it goes, and the politics of it all