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Since 2022, net farm income is down substantially. There's a variety of factors that go into that. Some of it's just, you know, broader economic environment and so forth. But a lot of it is just the one-way ration of regulation on our farmers, the tax burdens, the regulatory burdens, the difficulty of running a farm today is immense. And so you get these results.
You know, our farmers, you know, around the country, including in Minnesota, are under tremendous pressure. And it is really these, you know, heavy-handed mandates that have become just so onerous on them.
You know, our farmers, you know, around the country, including in Minnesota, are under tremendous pressure. And it is really these, you know, heavy-handed mandates that have become just so onerous on them.
Nobody is more invested in their land than the farmers who have raised them for generations. You know, in Minnesota here, you got sixth, seventh, eighth generation farmers. They also care about the waterways surrounding them. They also care about about their animals, their human beings, and they also just the health of their operation depends on it.
Nobody is more invested in their land than the farmers who have raised them for generations. You know, in Minnesota here, you got sixth, seventh, eighth generation farmers. They also care about the waterways surrounding them. They also care about about their animals, their human beings, and they also just the health of their operation depends on it.
And so oftentimes bureaucrats, whether in California or in D.C. or elsewhere, tend to view farmers as these kind of malicious profiteers that simply want to make a buck. And that couldn't be further from the truth.
And so oftentimes bureaucrats, whether in California or in D.C. or elsewhere, tend to view farmers as these kind of malicious profiteers that simply want to make a buck. And that couldn't be further from the truth.
Sometimes we can all take for granted, you know, just the wonderful work that our farmers do every day to provide for our nation and provide for the world.
Sometimes we can all take for granted, you know, just the wonderful work that our farmers do every day to provide for our nation and provide for the world.