Lifetime n production ag, farmed, public policy work at various ag trade associations & USDA, opinions my own-Coram Deo.
Shenandoah Valley, VA
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John A. Johnson retweeted
🌽Iowa's corn harvest was just 72% done as of Sunday, 17 percentage points behind its normal pace amid rain delays. In the last two decades, only 2008, 2009 & 2019 were slower by this point.
Iowa is set to account for 17.5% of this year's crop, with a massive record yield.
John A. Johnson retweeted
In 1979, leftist students celebrated Khomeini. He’d promised a “democratic government” where “everyone will be able to express his or her opinion.”
Within a decade, the regime had executed thousands of them.
They thought they were on the right side of history.
Remind you of anything today?
John A. Johnson retweeted
Every one of them is a child. 20,651 recorded cases of child deportation or forced transfer, per Children of War portal, 2 Nov 2026 · 2,775 returned.
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John A. Johnson retweeted
Farmers, if you're looking to take advantage of #45Z opportunities in 2027, the work starts NOW!
First step? Know your #CIScore.
It's FREE to calculate for every field at TopSoil.ag. From there, you can start making decisions that could lower your score and increase your crop's value.
Know Your Score. Know Your Value. 🌽
John A. Johnson retweeted
The Medicare system already faces a 30-year cash shortfall of $109 trillion(!)
How about paying for the current Medicare system before burying it in trillions more debt? Just gallingly irresponsible.
John A. Johnson retweeted
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Former CIA Director David Petraeus:
The Ukrainian targets are legitimate military targets. They would hold up in any test against the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare. Russia certainly cannot make that claim.
Last month alone, for example, the Ukrainians estimated that they killed or wounded about 46,000 Russian soldiers.
And we know that the recruiting is roughly somewhere around 30,000.
Russia has been engaged in absolutely barbaric activities, whether it's the massacres in Bucha, killings of prisoners, torture, taking children into the Russian Federation from occupied areas of Ukraine.
The list of their violations of the Geneva Convention is very, very long indeed.
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John A. Johnson retweeted
The Russian government's cash crunch now finally extends to the military, as Russia's Ministry of Defense has announced that all officers not currently serving at the front will be skipping their December salary.
No reason has been given. This waa uncovered this morning by Russian media outlet Verstka.
John A. Johnson retweeted
Only a week after the Russian Defense Ministry's low-key announcement that there would be no December salary payments for any military officers not actually in combat, Russians are now figuring out that the payment freezes actually began back in October, even for those at the front.
Russian wives are not happy.
The Russian government's cash crunch now finally extends to the military, as Russia's Ministry of Defense has announced that all officers not currently serving at the front will be skipping their December salary.
No reason has been given. This waa uncovered this morning by Russian media outlet Verstka.
John A. Johnson retweeted
That ‘study’ You misrepresent was anything but a ‘hallmark’ study. It was an internal review from 1998. It’s retraction had zero to do with its findings, which merely confirmed other studies. Since then, there have been more than 4,000 studies on glyphosate — more than 2600 by independent agencies —and all but 111 have found no serious health issues linked to its use. Of the 111, more than 80 are Petri dish reviews.. worthless. Not one independent risk agency review or study has concluded that glyphosate causes serious health issues. Zero. Here is a summary with links to the conclusions about glyphosate of EVERY RISK agency in the word. CLICK THROUGH AND READ FOR YOURSELF!! Unless you believe that the European Chemical Health Agency, European Food Safety Authority, Health Canada, EPA, USDA, multiple independent agencies in the UK, Germany, France, Australia/New Zealand, Japan, Philippines, multiple agencies in Africa, and 3 seperate UN agencies are all in cahoots to lie about this, there is a settled issue. Glyphosate is by far the safest herbicide using glyphosate is also far, far more sustainable tan any alternative as its use paired with GM crops all but eliminates plowing—the standard in organic farming—which releases dangerous greenhouse gases. glyphosate is far, far, far safer and more Earth-friendly than crappy organic ones that don’t work. Facts, evidence and peer reviewed science matters. geneticliteracyproject.org/2…
John A. Johnson retweeted
Christians are dying for their faith at a rate of 11 per hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That translates to almost 100,000 per year — mostly at the hands of Muslims.
And it goes largely unreported.
“How many suicide bombings, 9-11s, lootings, gang rapes, or slaughters must the world suffer before we recognize what Islam actually is”
This is a clip of Larry Alex Taunton, an American Christian author and he is fast becoming a sensation for saying the part a lot of people think and almost nobody with a microphone will put in a complete sentence.
RT @JayinKyiv: The damage Musk inflicted upon Ukraine’s continuous upward trajectory in destroying Russian logistics, clearly evident in Oc…
John A. Johnson retweeted
🚨🇺🇸🇨🇦 Trump just announced a breakthrough on TARIFFS with Canada:
“All those tariffs will be done.
There will be NO tariffs.”
Trump claimed U.S. agricultural exports had faced tariffs as high as 400% and said eliminating them was part of the deal.
The announcement follows weeks of trade negotiations between Washington and Ottawa.
But the full terms, implementation timeline and Canada's confirmation of the agreement remain unclear.
If finalized, the deal could significantly change trade conditions for affected American agricultural exporters.
Writer: Samuel
Russia forces closure of its most prominent independent newspaper.
“There are political repressions taking place. Now they’ve reached us.” Journalist and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov tells me how the Russian authorities have “strangled” Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper. Novaya Gazeta is closing down. #ReadingRussia
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John A. Johnson retweeted
“There are political repressions taking place. Now they’ve reached us.” Journalist and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov tells me how the Russian authorities have “strangled” Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper. Novaya Gazeta is closing down. #ReadingRussia
John A. Johnson retweeted
Russia lost 54,200 troops (killed or wounded) in October, the first month of the war over 50,000.
For their efforts, Russia has gained no net ground in October.
This is the most pointless war in the history of wars. Great job, Putin.
ALT Bar chart of Russian losses per month in Ukraine, Feb 2022 to Oct 2026, with October's 54,200 a record. Source: Ukraine General Staff @smirkley
John A. Johnson retweeted
Earlier this year the UK government removed tax relief for historic churches to carry out maintenance and repairs, while announcing £40 million in funding to provide security for Mosques. The latest scheme is to allow charities to sponsor 'refugees', assisting their move to Britain. That means any mosque which is also a charity can facilitate importing even more Muslim 'refugees'. The outrageous betrayal of the British people continues at speed!
John A. Johnson retweeted
"Did they think the balance of political power would never shift? Did they believe there would never be congressional accountability for the past two years, or that anti-corruption laws would never be enforced again?" ICYMI @crampell:
lnk.thebulwark.com/4Ao8F47
John A. Johnson retweeted
When the British were slaves:
For more than 200 years, raiders crossed from North Africa, took British people from our own shores, and sold them in the markets of Algiers.
Before Britain ruled the waves, the British were being sold into slavery.
For over 200 years, raiders crossed from North Africa, took our people from our own shores, and sold them in the markets of Algiers. They came in the night.
In 1631, corsairs landed at a sleeping village in Ireland and carried off more than a hundred men, women, and children in a single raid. Cornwall, Devon, the whole western coast lived under the threat. Fishermen were taken from their boats, families dragged from their beds. Many thousands of Britons vanished into the slave pens of North Africa.
And for a long time, Britain could do nothing. It paid ransoms. It paid tribute. The sea belonged to the slavers. Then Britain built a navy, and everything changed. In 1816, a British fleet sailed into Algiers and opened fire, hour after hour, until the slaver port burned and its ruler was forced to free more than a thousand captives. 🏴
