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Farmer Blasts 'pathetic Republican sycophants' in Scathing Op-ed
Ben Palen -- a Kansas native and a fifth-generation farmer and agriculture consultant -- blasted President Donald Trump's repeat tactic of putting farmers in distress and then dangling tax-funded salvation before them and hungry developers.
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Opinion from Ben Palen: Trump promises handouts to farmers. Politicians promise development benefits. We pay for it all. #ksleg[image or embed] -- Kansas Reflector (@kansasreflector.com) Dec 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Opinion from Ben Palen: Trump promises handouts to farmers. Politicians promise development benefits. We pay for it all. #ksleg[image or embed]
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Palen said there is no Republican "representative" from Kansas who is speaking the truth
But but but
What about the ones Eberly votes for in the Primary, the Good Republicans, who gosh darnit somehow always lose to the Bad Republicans?
#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-12 08:16 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
... soybean growers ...
Record Brazil Soy Output Threatens Global Glut and Lower Prices www.bloomberg.com
... In the world's top soybean exporter Brazil, farmers long accustomed to chasing record harvests are suddenly confronting a new worry: the threat of producing far more than the world can absorb, just as US President Donald Trump is reshaping global trade flows. A record 177.1 million tons of soybeans is expected to be collected in the harvest that starts early in 2026, Brazil's crop agency Conab said Thursday -- a minor cut from previous estimates and still a 3.3% boost from last year. That raises the possibility of an escalating oversupply problem that pushes global prices lower. ...
A record 177.1 million tons of soybeans is expected to be collected in the harvest that starts early in 2026, Brazil's crop agency Conab said Thursday -- a minor cut from previous estimates and still a 3.3% boost from last year. That raises the possibility of an escalating oversupply problem that pushes global prices lower. ...
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-12 01:41 PM | Reply
Well, I know one farmer who won't get a cent.
#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-13 02:29 PM | Reply
Extreme heat and no crops in the plains states in 2026? We're all in big trouble.
#4 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-12-13 08:42 PM | Reply
Sarah Palens brother
#5 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-12-14 02:35 PM | Reply
Sarah Palens
Who is that?
#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-14 02:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#5 WTF is "Sarah Palens," TheBovineExcrement?
#7 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-14 02:37 PM | Reply
#6 Your #6 and my #7: timed perfectly at 02:37pm!
:-)
#8 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-14 02:38 PM | Reply
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