Farmer Talk episode 2 | Farm Subsidies

[@wolfgangkayser1432]

Bob, I have the utmost respect for you and the legacy that you have created for your sons and their families. It is also inspiring to see you still working every day to keep up that legacy. I am sorry for the loss of your wife. My mom died in 2018 after suffering from similar circumstances.

[@379insk]

McBees......the old man got busted for cheating crop insurance

[@PNW_Hawk]

i am not a farmer, but grew up around it in the 80"s. I love this and hope you continue to publish a KZbin version alongside the podcast when you get that set up. You two are great to listen to and learn from.

[@nolanmanley5359]

Thanks for coveing this subject. I'm a common man not in the farming industry but have always loved seeing farmers farm, I've wwondered how the insurance and subsidies worked. Very eye opening. Keep on Keeping on and I appreciate your outlook on it all. Good farmers should be rewarded and bad not, just as in any part of civilization.

[@TerryCorney-d1o]

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[@marytriplett]

More educational conversation. You two are awesome fellows.

[@jg9185]

I can’t wait to hear your expert opinion on solar panels and wind turbines.

[@KevinHolloway-r5v]

Interesting video ! Learned some things , that is always a good thing !

[@ScottPykare]

Very enjoyable. A great listen guys. Look forward to next Sunday!

[@crowther840]

Great video!! I always appreciate you and your dad's opinions and knowledge. I hope to meet you guys sometime, maybe the national farm machinery show?

[@markerickson8758]

Greetings from Minnesota. Bob, u remind me alot of my own father. He started farming in 83 talks alot about what he had to go through. Hope 25 is better for all of us. God bless

[@seankeller4607]

Awesome. Very educational

[@ronss1]

clay..i can remember in southwest iowa where we farmed...had a strech in the field...only about 20 ft long...when dad reached that with the 560 turbo, 5 ft 16 in plow....the front end raised off the ground big time...clay is terrible to plow through

[@paulaoki5474]

Back in the 80's.....interest rates were 20% plus....totally different

[@peterkulick1407]

Good video,, I enjoy enjoy listening to your dad talk about past years,, good job Brian,, been watching your videos really from when you first started, 👍

[@shirleybewley6646]

Enjoying your Farm Talk!

[@shoresharp8349]

Evening Thankyou Mr Bob, Brian for another great podcast. I have a topic. Mr Bob has seen a huge change in farm equipment starting with his 4020 now a 1038 Fendt. It would be cool to here his thoughts on the way equipment has evolved since the 60s.

[@jonathanvickery6542]

Appreciate u guys sitting down with the commentary. U should have a cocktail in these tslks

[@tomsemo8186]

Nice job. more weekday real world...... please ( retired builder CT )

[@caseih-pz9vp]

Great video most folks would be surprised to know how many in congress have ties to agriculture, so the farm bill made by the politicians for politicians. Just like they buy stock and make laws to make the Compians that the own stock price to go up.

[@ArizonaGramps]

I like your Farmers talk.

[@EvanC8]

awesome shop guys. I love it.

[@daveklein2826]

Great video

[@johnevans4015]

Thank you for your frank conversation I am an Australian farmer and your view on government influence in farming practices and the manipulation of the market by Data released never helps the growers and subsidies mostly end up in the middle man’s pocket. In Australia we get no help in crop insurance and it is mostly too expensive premiums in the 15% to 20% of the crop value. Our government subsidies are $0.42 per litre on fuel that costs $1.87 to $2.40 per litre. We get a 75% subsidy on export registration fees and quarantine fees, state governments give us an exemption on land tax and we get 50% on R&D projects that are run as national projects and that is about it We don’t have anyone telling us how much we can grow but we are all under QA system’s controlled by 2 supermarkets yes 2 and if we don’t comply we are not allowed to sell. On farm Flora and Fauna register Bo diversity register External audits that cost a fortune. We pay 12% superannuation for our workers and the bass rate of pay is $30 per hour plus compo plus superannuation ends up $40 all up. And we are on nothing left So I don’t know what system is best, at least you have a support net for when markets collapse and we don’t. Lovely to hear you both talk and I think you could have called this segment Farm truth. Great to see.

[@joekeusch5995]

Pasture, and hay ground is where it's coming from. You can thank ethanol for the increase in acres. Guys started planting corn in their front yard.

[@larrywhite9609]

Very enjoyable podcast

[@curtmyers6273]

Here in Minnesota about 25 miles from where we farm solar panels are going on 1500 acres. The land owner was getting $400 dollar rent which is high a 20,000 acre farmer was renting the land. Solar company is paying this land owner $1000 an acre for a 15yr lease. 1500 acres of good farm ground going to waste for solar panels. I call it land owner greed!

[@BriansFarmingVideos]

He sold out to cheap. Going closer to 2k an acre here

[@curtmyers6273]

It could have been very well more but that's the number we heard. It definitely wasn't less than a thousand

[@tedjenson9294]

Central Minnesota here. They just took 6500 acres of irrigated land and put solar on it. So disgusting!

[@ngnmech]

Now the thing to watch will be in 15 years when the solar company deeds the solar equipment to the farmer and they walk away leaving the farmer with all the disposal and environmental expense. And they build a new solar farm down the road because it will be cheaper to lease new ground and build a new solar farm than to repair and replace the equipment at the existing lease.

[@PhilBrechbill-po1fl]

Sorry, he owns the land and if he can get 150% more income, it’s his economic choice. He has to weigh the risks on company failure and end of lease, but still his choice. Bids are all over because of energy policies and economics-how far to hi-voltage line does area need higher % renewable. Lots of factors to consider, but he owns it, you want to save it offer him 20k/acre and figure how to make that work with 4.50 corn.

[@JJessee1014]

Kentucky used to have base on tobacco acres. In weight per farm size. But they stepped out starting in the 90's.

[@cubcadetsteve4148]

Enjoy your videos.. i enjoy hearing the stories from your dad..

[@d6joe]

“Land Bank” was way before CRP. Dad had some farm ground in land bank back in the 1960’s.

[@joescheller6680]

Same thing different name

[@davidkimmel5153]

Great video. Both have the same thoughts that I have. I agree about helping with the crop insurance premium. That also differs at what % level you sign up for. Also your yield will never go below what they call the county “T” Yield is. That protects the people who farm AAA ground Mostly river or creek bottom ground. Doing a great job with your talks. Please keep the sessions coming. I don’t think any positive feedback for our payments they want to hand out. 😡

[@AdamCraig-p5q]

Enjoying Farm Talk, thanks guys

[@dmk1529]

Interesting conversation and interesting views. Thanks!

[@pc5569]

Great discussion. Tough topic with pros and cons but a lot of misconception from the general public. Thanks Brian.

[@thepoliticalhitman]

I live just northwest of you guys in Madison County, and my biggest gripe as a nonfarmer is that most of the crops go to nonfood production, and the number of farms selling out to solar is out of control.

[@philipingram1667]

I worked for machinery companies in my working career and understood that without some government intervention, we would sell less equipment. Some subsidies were necessary to keep US farmers competitive on the world stage / markets. There is a lot that is beyond farmer's control that should be able to get some help on when weather or acts of God cause crop failures. The government should be involved with setting a floor price but the rest should be up to the farmer and what amount of risk they can stand in their operation. Government should not reward / make whole for reckless actions in any industry.

[@davidhofman4341]

I live in South Central PA. Land Persevere is a big thing which has good results, put used by some with connections to run up the price than put it in Persevere than back on the market$$$$ A neighbor of mine bought a few acres behind me for $75,000. The county gave him $85,000 to put it in Persevere. He owns 3 more joining farms for a total of 350 acres. ALL in Persevere. To fund Persevere 1.5 mills is added to county tax. He can run his equipment off the road and in your yard or up the bank. He left the bin extension up and took out over head wires. His taxes are very very low, but if you shoot a deer on your property and it goes on his, good luck. Get down on your knees before you cross the line.

[@kelvinwadel4652]

A theme I've seen on some of the haters that are always spewing about subsidies is they're often people that grew up farming and the family farm went under for whatever reason and they're bitter about it yet and hate everyone that still has the opportunity to farm.

[@SandyRitchie-f1o]

Remember to thank dad for what you have. Hope all good and healthy.

[@bobm5500]

There is nothing like that in Australia. We do get some subsidies.

[@45Deere9500]

Looks like you need a better shutter system, on the vent fan, in the far wall that’s behind you in the video. Here’s to a great 2025 for the entire Brown family and crew!

[@lynnmikesell6992]

I'm the same age as your dad I agree with what your dad is saying you guys still a good job keep it up

[@ghi23623]

I want to know where you bought your chairs that you are sitting in? They look great and swivel.

[@wayneroland8220]

Thanks for all the interesting comments. It's was very informative.

[@shirleybewley6646]

I could be mistaken, but Dad also had to close the dairy we had, 50 cows, because of a surplus of dairy.

[@Mazel_Tov_888]

I'm a believer in being self-sufficient and self-reliant, I'm in the Hurricane Helene impact area, the devastation was unreal. I'm thoroughly disappointed with the govt response. If it wasn't for community support a lot of people would be in bad shape. FEMA said they need money, Speaker said they had money, we didn't know who to believe. I got the $750, you won't get far off that.

[@karlmorgan7530]

My parents farm in Oregon. CRP dropped in price. Their neighbor took a field out of CRP as many people around them cause they can make more farming it now. Also not far from my parents, a farmer had solar panels put on land and that upsets me. It took farmland away for a dwindling career.

[@stanleis109]

Enjoyed listening to Farmer Talk and watching all your videos. You both look really comfortable in those chairs. Who makes them I'm interested in purchasing a set for myself. Thanks

[@BriansFarmingVideos]

Local guys sells them but I can’t remember the brand

[@bobm5500]

How about a segment on soil types , PH levels , and Season Sanel weather influence

[@rogerburkholder7524]

I remember my Dad measured crops for the government in the 50's.

[@brianwilton8555]

great video

[@rcktransportinc.4312]

Why do the prices of seed and chemical don't drop when the grain and fuel prices are dropping?

[@MB93WP]

I believe that there should be a buffer strip along all streams of water that’s just my opinion

[@napalm182napier5]

Good discussion . Property tax is theft communism. No farms no food most important industry. What ever helps farmers good.

[@shirleybewley6646]

My Dad had to put our farm in the Soil Bank and quit farming it in the 50's

[@bruceschwertner9343]

Like when the AMERICAN AGRICULTURE MOVEMENT was trying to good prices for the crops! I drove a tractor to Washington D.C. to try to get our government to help the farmers for fair prices, etc.

[@patryan4263]

Set aside was called Soil Bank i belive

[@williamhamill813]

Would you rather have privatised crop insurance?

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@mikeshotts5254]

I farm in IL.. I know crop ins. is subsidized but I have payed in many years of premiums and received very little in claims. So who is holding my money, the Government, so is it really subsidized !

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

Which video is considered episode 1 to this one?

[@BriansFarmingVideos]

This was just the second podcast. It came out last Sunday

[@randybennett5417]

Farmers need to get involved in government, so the people making decisons, referred to farming know what a decision will effect.

[@CliftonLehman]

I personally would stay far from subsides. But I'm not you boss. keep on farming

[@EvanC8]

Insurance is always too damn expensive. Nothing g wrong with the government helping with those costs.

[@germmi41]

We own about a 1000 acres and rent about 400 more. About 400 owned is irrigated because all of it is sandy. We have not participated in any farm welfare program for many years. We have zero connection to FSA or any government agency. Most farmers do collect farm welfare and use the excuse that if we dont accept farm welfare then others will take the money. I wish the Department of Agriculture was completely closed as it is unfair to the few of us that do not accept farm welfare. These farm welfare programs are unfair to the rest of the US taxpayers and raise the cost of land and equipment which prevents some individuals from entering the business of farming.

[@jeffcampbell6314]

California farmers were paid over a billion dollars in 2024 not to farm. Water is our issue out west.

[@donaldmote5441]

Take whatever you can get legally Brian

[@LtColDaddy71]

What the non farmer has to understand, is that we have all lost more revenue because of the low prices that are caused by the programs themselves, than we’ve received from the government. The programs are designed to keep us down, to prevent a true market from getting established. We’re not directly in commodity production due to being organic, but we work with a lot of conventional partners, and we generally price our conventional style genetics that are produced meeting organic standards at 155% of the CME. It does affect us.

[@mw3bb9]

As a Farmer it is very hard to actually figure out how much you are subsidized. Your crop insurance premium has a percentage subsidized but is capped at certain point. When Brian says 80% covered he is actually paying a higher % of his premium compared to guy who elects 70% which is where the cap happens. So anything over the 70% he is paying full price for the extra coverage. Direct payment is the other subsidy that is obvious. What they didn’t talk about is ethanol subsidies. Blending mandates, Tax credits 40b, 45z. These are hard to address on what actual it means for the corn farmer. I think they should do it over with a little more research and with a someone who knows more details. Bottom line is Bob is right everything in this country is subsidized someway. It more about who understands it and is willing to take advantage of it. Something are forced on the farmer by the companies that farmers spend money on . When the farmer is short on cash they lobby real hard to put new money in the system. Equipment company, Seed, fertilizer, chemical company. They have a lot of political power and direct payments probably more then likely end up in their hands instead of them having to adjust their prices downward for the times.

[@gregcatlett1458]

We got CRP moneys in the 80s on a 200 ac farm 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. Not bad sorry! Thanks men !!

[@gfulton3328]

How can i get started as a 1st time farmer doing row crop only no equipmentat all!!!

[@PhilBrechbill-po1fl]

Find an only child farmer’s daughter!

[@BriansFarmingVideos]

I’d look at other first gen farmers. Gavin spoor comes to mind

[@stevevandine8592]

Well I might be just an old farm boy from another country that's trucked and listened to it on the road but almost every country has some kind of farm and food protection program to secure that farms survive the volatility and risk of inputs climate change yields and ups and downs of controls inflation of dollar against other countries beyond the country you live in who else but government can insure the farmers are still there to insure food production is sustained and no one goes hungry why do people get angry that your country is insuring food production can survive everything but lack of water and minerals required to ensure food sustainability endures

[@stevevandine8592]

Just don't understand what happens to multi generational farm families in Washington Idaho half million acres gone Montana Saskatchewan can't continue without water but here every year who's going to save them

[@robm3063]

My guess is you are going to be paying a lot more for inputs. Just like with COVID money, everything went up in price.

[@joekeusch5995]

Whole different story in the 80's try double or triple current interest rates

[@daveklein2826]

Prove it

[@joekeusch5995]

@daveklein2826 Prove what? The interest rates? You're kidding right? My dad farmed and worked in a factory. He didn't have debt, so he made a bunch of money in CD's drawing up to 18%. Surely you know that history. It's pretty common knowledge.

[@sleepyvalleyventurebob5889]

Paid 21% interest on my first tractor loan 1981

[@mw3bb9]

If they didn’t subsidize crop insurance don’t you think it will be like car insurance. If you don’t get incident your premiums are lower.

[@dougwitman9176]

Isn't it amazing all summer we heard about this huge crop that was growing even though large areas were dry, then last week the yield was lowered. Who made out on this deal? Brokers, elevators, investors but not the farmers. " We are from the government and we are here to help" baloney!!!

[@daveklein2826]

You have no idea what you are talking about

[@jeramy2398]

I always figured the subsidies are a way to appease the farmers for government manipulation of markets.

[@kurtjacob2839]

just call it the BB and J podcast.

[@rothfarms]

Crp was for the dust bowl

[@troystenerson4723]

Not everyone gets subsidies. Framers, roofers, bar owners…………

[@TheBoatman11]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@seansweeney145]

It seems to me that the US is one of the few big countries that isn't out to destroy it's Farmers

[@rothfarms]

So what do thing about the millennial farmer being on onna ag board????

[@daveklein2826]

What do you find wrong with that

[@oldad6207]

Evenin'!

[@patrickaherne3598]

I hope there's bourbon in that coffee cup! Makes for better conversation and clicks...

[@BriansFarmingVideos]

Just coffee

[@robertlahman5079]

Food stamps is food

[@rothfarms]

Well the fake taxes on businesses???

[@daveklein2826]

Say something or don't post

[@jeffreyedwards6759]

C.R.E.P =Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

[@joehuntersr-jf8du]

Another good talk thanks

[@kevins5092]

Evening

[@ronss1]

maybe some decade , when u make enough money..invest in 4k video...

[@ronss1]

u wont believe the difference....everything looks more realisitc...the detail is so much better

[@BriansFarmingVideos]

That was 4K filmed on a soney zve1

[@markmajors3256]

Soil bank started in 50s people cry socialist but if we went pure capitalist bye bye family farms . We're like mushroom we com and go but the country keep going not other way around.

[@LawsonLyons-j9b]

In my opinion I don't think the the farmers don't get a fair shake on the money that they get I don't think they should be allowed to put the prices up and down like a yo-yo anymore if my opinion I don't know what the hell I'm talking about but I can hear what they're saying

[@daveklein2826]

Your right, you don't know what you are talking about

[@jimmytreadway3195]

Better get all you can now because yalls man trump is going to mess everything up worse this time than the first

[@truthandfreedom885]

When Donald Trump finally took on China and the tariffs went into effect and the soybean market went down substantially, I have no problem with and I think it is a very wise move to take the money you make on the terrace from China and reimburse the farmers for the pan they are suffering because of the trade war. Also there is no industry in America that has more misinformation spread about it an agriculture. And that misinformation is being spread by people who know absolutely nothing about agriculture. If you really thought about it the medium size to small farmers would be better off if there was no USDA and if there was no crop insurance. It is crop insurance that allow farms to get to the size of 20,000 and 30,000 and 40,000 acres. In our area in farmer can make a very good living on 2000 Good acres. That 20,000 acre farmer drives 10 other farmers off the land. Those huge mega farmers could not get input financing without crop insurance and they would not get huge they're not drive other smaller farmers out of business.

[@EcoBelkin]

I think as a farmer you are very much manipulated and what you can grow and what equipment you can use. Because there's a lot of things that you can grow but if the local market isn't taking those items then you have no reason to grow them thus limiting what you can actually grow. Around here all you can grow is corn and soybeans and wheat what about rice or sweet peas? Even on the equipment front most areas only have one dealer that has only one brand of equipment limiting to what you can really purchase and have it serviced reliably

[@clintmeyer8029]

McBee

[@wbball15]

#RossCountyFinances

[@rothfarms]

Don’t do anther channel lol more channels less support???

[@daveklein2826]

Not true

[@troystenerson4723]

Remove all programs and let the market figure it out.

[@nealhill7456]

Evening

[@myronparks3495]

McBee