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While local FSA offices told ranchers they’d “heard nothing” about the $700 million USDA Regenerative Pilot Program, Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien — backed by BlackRock and Vanguard — was already positioning to capture $300 million of it. Farmers First, indeed.
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Plains on Fire: March 30, 2026 National Field Report
A real-time accounting of who is hurting, where the pressure is coming from, and where support needs to land before more operations liquidate.
Red, White, and Bullsh*t Pt. 2: How the USDA Built a Marketing Campaign for a Label Nobody Has to Use
The 2026 voluntary rule closed the lie — you can’t call Argentine trimmings “Product of USA” anymore. But a packer who doesn’t want to label simply doesn’t, and right now 80,000 metric tons of foreign trimmings are flowing into your ground beef with no label required at all.
Michigan loses 100,000 acres of farmland — in 2024 alone!
State lost 670,000 acres of farmland between 2002 and 2022
NextEra Energy secures nearly 60 Greenville land leases for massive wind turbine project
Questions remain after NextEra has declined to comment publicly on its plans, and no details have been released on the number of turbines, total capacity, timeline, or exact footprint.
Regenerative Agriculture in the Trump World: Farmers First is a Lie
While local FSA offices told ranchers they’d “heard nothing” about the $700 million USDA Regenerative Pilot Program, Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien — backed by BlackRock and Vanguard — was already positioning to capture $300 million of it. Farmers First, indeed.