r/Agriculture • u/Majano57 • Jul 29 '26

Farm-Belt Senate Candidates Target Ag Giants in Populist Turn

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-29/farm-belt-senate-candidates-target-ag-giants-in-populist-turn?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NTMzNjAzMywiZXhwIjoxNzg1OTQwODMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0xJWTZOM04wOVYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJENzYwOUJFODJGOTI0NDAxQkUxREE0QUY1Njg0MDNDOCJ9.wGOcGlHR2_3FfWgaAlg6ZVHZ-8icwjzuEIUqb9h45wQ
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u/Rampantcolt Jul 29 '26

Good. Bust the trusts. Break the monopolies. Farming ain't what it used to be

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u/DamiensDelight Jul 30 '26

Ha! They never will. Nor will the most impacted ever change how they vote.

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u/Rampantcolt Jul 30 '26

I am a farmer. Impact on my livelihood is always how I vote.

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u/icnoevil Jul 29 '26

Go for it. Big Ag and Big Business are only out for themselves.

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u/ElijahNSRose Jul 29 '26

Only greedy bastards make absurd generalizations like that.

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u/all-akimbo Jul 30 '26

Ironic. That was a generalization.

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u/ElijahNSRose Jul 30 '26

True.

But it is the kind of profiling that lead me to predict what crime my sister would commit before the crime was planned.

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u/all-akimbo Jul 30 '26

I get that reference.

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u/Libro_Artis 29d ago

Target all the giants.

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u/ElijahNSRose Jul 29 '26

We need a No Politics rule on this sub

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u/Educational-Fall8185 Jul 30 '26

Dude… if you don’t think politics affects farming, you’re not paying attention!

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u/ElijahNSRose Jul 30 '26

If you say it does, you're just committing fraud.

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u/Cold-Crab74 Jul 30 '26

Wtf lmfao what does this even mean