Steve Kernpop

Agronomist. Hokie. AGR. Gate opening specialist. Other stuff just for poop and giggles.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@BenjaminNething Keep doing what your doing.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@KemmerenPete 😂👍

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@KemmerenPete That chrome stack a little showy for Amish.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@SteveTwynstra Honestly, as an American, I've admired your PM and your country for standing up to the bullying shit stain we have in the White House.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@justinfastert

[Fact @Fact]

Being closed minded literally makes you stupid. People who aren't open and understanding to change have lower IQ's.

[LilShadow @Ms_LilShadow]

Then you came to Washington for the wrong reasons you're supposed to be in Washington to work for the good of the people not to beat the other. Remember when we used to have compromises?

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@GrantGayman I did not know that. We overwhelmingly sell generics, so I hadn't paid attention to the RoundUp label.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@brenemanma I've been hearing same for 30+ years, and yet here in Ol Virginny, we have corn tassled at 4 ft tall and will not make an ear unless we get substantial rains in the next couple of weeks. It does seem there has improvement in ear pollination under heat stress, if it has moisture.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Trump is asking Congress for $11 billion to bail out farmers, and has the audacity to blame Biden for the losses.

Biden did not put a single tariff on the inputs farmers buy. Trump did, and when Trump taxed the world, the world hit back.

Trump’s tariffs closed markets to American farmers and drove up the cost of the equipment, seed, and chemicals they depend on. China retaliated with tariffs on soybeans and much more, and pulled back its purchases of American soybeans. China is the single biggest buyer of American soybeans on earth, and Trump handed that market away.

This is not the first bailout but the latest in a string of them.

This $11 billion adds to the $12 billion already sent to farmers this year. $23 billion and counting, all to patch a wound Trump inflicted himself.

We are now on track for roughly a third of all farm income in 2026 to come from government checks.

Also, nearly 40% of the last bailout flowed to the largest farms while small family operations went under. In 2025 alone, 15,000 farms closed, most of them small.

So when Trump says Biden did this, that is complete and utter nonsense, and everyone knows it.

Trump raised the costs, started the trade war, lost the markets, and is sending you the bill.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@TheGrainiac I haven't owned either to know maintenance, but have worked with several farmers who have Brillions and they do a super job as far as seed bed prep and stand establishment.

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

I was a teen from 1980-86. Coincidence? I think not.

[Worst Finance Takes @Lifeinvestmoney]

Teen drinking has plummeted

How do we fix this?

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@VaAgriculture *Baling

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@BEisenhart I'm 59 and my paternal great-grandfather was born in 1861. Fathered 18 children by 2 wives. Maternal grandfather fought in WWI - not too many can say that!

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@cowtown_law @farmer_average Given the near-extinction of Pension Plans and transfer of most average Joe Schmucks's retirement into 401k's, I have to believe that reasonable market performance is, if even quietly, part of US policy. Now these 20% annual returns the past couple of years is another thing...

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@TheRunnerQ @Notwokenow @SymmetryRadial @martinamcbride Isn't the MC a convicted felon?

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@MaxROIFarmer Unfortunately part of 1st cutting- same with turkey nests. Funny thing is, we feel sad for the little spotted bugger we just sent through the discbine, but ready to blast all it's relatives mowing down the soybeans and alfalfa.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

So true. It can be really annoying when people just talk about how great they are.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

moments after claiming the US has total control of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump demands Iran open the strait

[Steve Kernpop @botetourtsteve]

@2oldtorocknroll Good grief would you look at that lineup!👀 For $20/day. Ahh, the 80's...😎