Ethan Bosserd

MSU Alum, Goat Farmer (keep a few cows to stay respectable), Sales Rep for Consumers Supply, Crop Ins Agent, Go Spartans!

[Michael Ring @RingFamilyAg]

Choose your hard.

I might be balancing a million things.
Surrounded by uncertainty.
Taking more risk than we should.

But

My kids brought me lunch while I was mowing my own hay, for my own cows.
Their mom gets to stay home and homeschool them.
And we get to live in a beautiful place in the country.

Life will be hard no matter what.
Choose your hard.

[Ethan Bosserd @ebosserd1]

@gwiesefarms Always look forward to the next article!

[Ethan Bosserd @ebosserd1]

If you are farming and not following Grant read his article and give him a follow.

[Grant Wiese @gwiesefarms]

For those that missed it on Friday.

A summary of how the 2012 drought is killing today’s row crop margins.

[Shameless Frontier Mayor and Booster @jamesdecker2006]

Farm Credit selling crop insurance is an irreconcilable conflict and I simply do not understand how it is permissible.

“If you would like to borrow money from us, you can’t grow anything with our money except the segment of crops that are suitably insurable, because we need you to protect us against a crop failure. Also, we will sell you the insurance.”

That model does not support farmers and ranchers growing food and fiber to feed and clothe America. It treats farmers and ranchers as a host organism by which to soak as much money as possible to benefit everyone but the farmer and rancher.

Crop insurance is an important tool. This particular aspect is tomfoolery.

[Blake Albers 🥩 @blakealbers]

So when I was a kid in the 90s we had strict bed times but once a week or maybe it was every other week who knows but mom would say we could have a “Special night.” We’d bring our sleeping bags in to mom and dad’s room and watch a movie and fall asleep.

Just tried this, going terribly. They are not tired at all and requesting snacks for another movie. Bad idea, nostalgia backfired.

[Kwgrainbiz @Wilsonfarmgrain]

He was not a politician.
He held no powerful office.
He could not change policy.
He was no threat to any policy.
He held a personal opinion.
He was loved because of his calm deameanor.
His voice was loud and had reach.
He died because he had valid reasoning.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just went OFF about no DOGE cuts being voted on by Congress.

"DOGE fought the swamp, and so far, the swamp has won."

"DON'T tell me it can't be done."

"@ElonMusk went into this DOGE effort - he was getting LAMPOONED...firebombing his tesla dealerships, media smearing him relentlessly..."

"We have a Republican congress and to this day, we're at the end of May, past Memorial Day, and not one CENT in DOGE cuts have been implemented by the Congress!"

"That's one of the reasons why we need a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That's another reason why we need term limits for members of Congress."

[Ethan Bosserd @ebosserd1]

@SchwabMatt This is just one of the Solar projects in my twp. 6000 acres of good farm land being destroyed.

[Grant Wiese @gwiesefarms]

Do you know what a breakeven farm is after you write the rent check?

Breakeven.

Do you know what a breakeven farm is after you make the land payment?

Profitable.

Because of principal pay down you earned equity.

[Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen]

Income tax is wrong. You shouldn't be fined for earning a living.

Property tax is wrong. You shouldn't be forced to pay to keep living in a home that you already own.

Sales tax is wrong. You shouldn't be forced to pay someone to allow you to buy something.

Capital gains tax is wrong. You shouldn't be punished for investing in your family's financial future.

Inheritance tax is wrong. Your heirs shouldn't be robbed because you died.

All forms of taxation are wrong, because they're extortion, and extortion is always wrong.

[BX @BX825returns]

People dont bat an eye at spending $2.19 for a Little Debbie's Cosmic Brownie or 2.29 for a coke or 2 for $3 on the taquitos at the gas and sip but freak out when eggs are $4.49 a dozen

[Clint Fischer @clintwfischer]

Last month I got to meet and speak to a few hundred Canadian farmers about farm succession planning.

Then I flew to Indiana to host an all-day workshop on the topic.

Thought I'd share my reflections and top takeaways from my dozens of conversations...

[a thread]

[Clint Fischer @clintwfischer]

Farmer’s got the feed wagon in the shop, getting it tuned up.

No cattle on the place.

Haven’t been for 5 years.

I asked him what he’s up to and he said he’s thinking about buying some calves to feed.

I said, “they’re not cheap right now.”

He said, “I know. I figure with feed, labor, and equipment I can make $150/hd. Plus I’ve got the barns & concrete sitting here not being used.”

He used to feed 1,000+ head from 4-500# through finishing.

I pressed him further, asking if the hassle was worth it for the 300 hd he was looking to buy.

His response was profound…

His friend recently took early retirement at 58 yrs old. Lives in town with not many hobbies. Said he was talking to him the other day and he’s 6 months into retirement and bored out of his mind.

He doesn’t have any daily purpose.

He’s facing 20+ years of that existence.

So, Farmer wants to prevent that fate. Buying 300 hd to hopefully make $45K is worth it because each day this winter he’s getting up to feed, scrape pens, and watch markets to price his steers.

He’s got daily purpose regardless if he hits a home run or breaks even.

I don’t think we talk enough about what the retiring generation is going to be doing, on a daily basis, to fill the human need of having purpose.

Whether it’s hobbies, a part-time job, or contributing to the family business, unplugging from a lifetime of working hard every day is going to take some adjustment and a plan.

I’m convinced that having a purpose to get out of bed each morning is key to a long-lived, fulfilling retirement.

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

A few controversial things I believe:

1) A grown man with a family has no business getting on a ladder to put up Christmas lights.

2) a larger vehicle is safer than a smaller vehicle. Put your family in an SUV. Period. Crash ratings are a scam.

3) Pitbulls are a public nuisance.

4) politics is a total waste of time. Putting energy towards it is inversely correlated to happiness.

5) earning money is hard. $100k a year is a lot of money. Twitter acts like it’s easy but it isn’t.

6) sports betting is a disaster for society. Quietly destroying a lot of men’s lives.

7) waiting till 35 to think about kids is a huge mistake. These folks are all going to regret not having more, earlier.

8) SEC and Big10 schools are the new Ivy League. Wealthy families want to send their kids there, not Harvard or Stanford.

9) religion is making a comeback. And the people who get serious about it end up with better lives.

10) marrying a doctor or a lawyer is high status, but low enjoyment. These folks live stressful lives with very little flexibility.

11) vaping and weed are better for your body than alcohol, but worse for your career and life. They remove ambition and energy and make you less social.

12) giving our kids 75 vaccines is going to go down in history as a net-negative on society.

13) technology won’t actually advance a lot from here. Our physical worlds will largely be the same 20 years from now.

14) driverless cars are 20 years away. Waymo won’t make it out of the major cities with 25 mile an hour speed limits.

15) Virtual reality won’t become a thing. Nobody has any use for it.

16) 99% of people have no use for AI and it has reached 90% of its potential utility. Massive waste of electricity on the whole.

17) Web3 is a joke. Crypto is worthless. Bitcoin is a fad and is 100% speculative. Massive waste of electricity. Solves a problem that doesn’t exist.

18) electric vehicles will not become mainstream. They do more harm to the environment than good. Creating them and disposing of them is an environmental catastrophe.

19) Starlink is a miracle and ads 10x more value to society than the previous 5 things on this list combined. Elon needs a Nobel prize.

20) the fed has done a great job over the last 3 years with rates.

21) nuclear power is the only way forward. Solar and wind are not sustainable and are a total waste of money. Oil and gas is the only viable solution today and America should invest heavily in more production.

22) Silicon Valley influencers and Tech titans are out of touch with the true needs of Americans. They could benefit by spending some time in a Walmart. Most people are trying to figure out how to put food on the table. They don’t need another app for their meta glasses.

What’s something you believe that isn’t a common belief? Which one am I wrong about?

[Randy Uhrmacher @Cornfrmr]

Great thread.

Our food is contributing to our poor health but it’s not because of glyphosate.

I have used glyphosate for decades, I still use it.

I was getting sick from processed food and the crap they put in it.

I changed the way I eat, not the way I farm. I am much healthier now.

If it was the way we farm, I’d still be sick.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Actor Zachary Levi tells Megyn Kelly he is not just voting for Donald Trump, he is voting for all the "bulldogs" that come with Trump.

Great perspective 🔥

"I'm not voting for Donald Trump, I'm voting for Donald Trump and Bobby Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk and JD Vance and everyone else that they're gonna bring in."

"I love that Trump is privately funding his own transition team, not waiting for the government."

"So they are ready to go & they are not compromised. This is the government that I want."

"[RFK] and Tulsi are gonna be let loose to be the bulldogs that we need to hold people to account. And they will do it fairly, they will do it civilly."

Video: @EndTribalism

[GA RLS @GeorgiaRLS]

Research why FEMA has run out of money.

Once you understand what is going on, and you still plan to cast your vote for Harris, you are the dumbest motherfucker on planet earth.

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

Kamala Harris is a gun owner?

[Ethan Bosserd @ebosserd1]

@gwiesefarms Buy land if you have the opportunity and can figure out a way to pay for it.