Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
USDA Confirms Farm Expenses Rising — Especially livestock
The war on farmers (and especially on animal ag) continues as total U.S. farm expenditures climbed another 1.9% to a record $490.3 billion ... with an average spend per farm hitting $263,955 (up 3.1%).
Farm expenses are rising — and many are going bankrupt or choosing to simply give up.
https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/2026/07/28/usda-farm-production-expenditures-report/
The war on farmers (and especially on animal ag) continues as total U.S. farm expenditures climbed another 1.9% to a record $490.3 billion ... with an average spend per farm hitting $263,955 (up 3.1%).
Farm expenses are rising — and many are going bankrupt or choosing to simply give up.
https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/2026/07/28/usda-farm-production-expenditures-report/
Hoosier Ag Today
Farm Expenses Climb Again: US Production Costs Hit $490.3B in 2025, Says USDA
American agricultural producers faced another grueling financial landscape in 2025, with total farm production expenditures climbing 1.9% to reach an estimated $490.3 billion, up from $481.3 billion in 2024. According to a newly released USDA National Agricultural
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Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
US diesel crack surpasses $100 a barrel for the first time on supply disruptions
... and the supply of refined fuels is already nearly exhausted. A hard landing is visible ahead, for farmers, for trucking, and ... well, for everything that requires food (people) and energy (the entire economy).
These are very likely the final days of relative normalcy during which to prepare. Get ready.
https://boereport.com/2026/08/17/us-diesel-crack-surpasses-100-a-barrel-for-the-first-time-on-supply-disruptions/
... and the supply of refined fuels is already nearly exhausted. A hard landing is visible ahead, for farmers, for trucking, and ... well, for everything that requires food (people) and energy (the entire economy).
These are very likely the final days of relative normalcy during which to prepare. Get ready.
https://boereport.com/2026/08/17/us-diesel-crack-surpasses-100-a-barrel-for-the-first-time-on-supply-disruptions/
BOE Report
US diesel crack surpasses $100 a barrel for the first time on supply disruptions
The U.S. diesel crack, a key measure of refining profitability, hit an all-time high of $102.20 a barrel on Monday as global supply disruptions from the wars in Iran and Ukraine run into peak agricultural consumption season. Measured as the premium of U.S.…
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Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
So Trump comes out and declares the strait is open again — completely made up, and who even believes him at this point? But "belief" is not the point. The headlines go out, and the high-frequency algorithmic trading pushes the oil prices back down. These markets have been completely manipulated by their statements:
1. Not just to make billions through insider trading
2. Not just to push people into confusion and learned helplessness
3. But to absolutely prevent any natural demand destruction
... meaning, usually if the world is running out of something, the price rises. That's the most basic supply/demand concept. It's been undermined by this cycle of nonsense announcements and manipulated markets — and this is GUARANTEEING that we are going into an absolutely worst-case "hard landing" scenario: the engineered energy crisis that will require fuel rationing and cause massive inflation across commodities, transportation, cost of living...everything.
The economy CANNOT survive what they have engineered here.
The upside is, a lot of people are about to feel a level of discomfort that will make them ask questions — and we'll be able to wake up a lot of folks...
1. Not just to make billions through insider trading
2. Not just to push people into confusion and learned helplessness
3. But to absolutely prevent any natural demand destruction
... meaning, usually if the world is running out of something, the price rises. That's the most basic supply/demand concept. It's been undermined by this cycle of nonsense announcements and manipulated markets — and this is GUARANTEEING that we are going into an absolutely worst-case "hard landing" scenario: the engineered energy crisis that will require fuel rationing and cause massive inflation across commodities, transportation, cost of living...everything.
The economy CANNOT survive what they have engineered here.
The upside is, a lot of people are about to feel a level of discomfort that will make them ask questions — and we'll be able to wake up a lot of folks...
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