Aaron Popelka
367 posts
@aplandandcattle
Lobbyist and attorney for @newsfromkla - farmer/rancher in my free time
Hidden on page 744 of the farm bill the House Agriculture Committee passed Thursday is a provision that would condemn millions of pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates. Rebranded the 'Save Our Bacon Act,' it's a pork-industry play to wipe out every state law banning the sale of pork from crated pigs — laws the conservative Supreme Court upheld in 2023. Over 85% of Democrats and Republicans oppose these crates. Voters have backed ballot measures to ban them in state after state. The pork industry knows it can't win a straight vote on this. So it's burying the provision in an 800-page bill and hoping no one notices. Contact your senators and representative today and tell them: oppose the farm bill unless the Save Our Bacon Act is stripped out. You can reach them at senate.gov and house.gov — it takes two minutes and it matters.
New data from the Nebraska Department of Revenue’s Property Assessment Division reveals that property tax collections across the state surged by nearly $286 million in 2025, reflecting an increase of over five percent. This kind of growth is making it increasingly challenging for young people to achieve success and remain in Nebraska. 🌾💼 #propertytax #captaxgrowth
President Trump knows the real strength of America grows right here in our heartland. Honored to stand in the Oval with the hardworking farmers who feed our nation — and the world. 🇺🇸
Trying to decide what's a better use of my money. Should I buy two quarters of farmland or one X9 without a header? Some decisions are harder than others.
Breaking: Crop Cats win in Kansas City! 🚨 🏆 1st Place Team Overall Karlie Albright - 2nd overall Collin Mills - 3rd overall Ella Pachta - 4th overall On to Chicago for Round 2! giving.ksufoundation.org/help-the-crops…
Over 20% of Iowa’s land is owned by out-of-state investors treating Iowa like an annuity. They’re keeping our young farmers off of land, not participating in our communities, and artificially inflating valuations. If a two tiered property tax system is unconstitutional (I don’t believe it is) then we will create an out-of-state land owner’s license (similar to hunting) with a yearly fee equal to the property tax for each piece of land that is owned. This will be called The Iowa Land Heritage Fund. Those funds will go to helping young Iowa farmers buy their first acres, and start their farming legacy. If you don’t want to pay the fee, don’t buy the land. IOWA IS NOT FOR SALE. IOWA FIRST #LFG
A major investment... A $1.5 billion loan to Wabash Valley Resources, LLC has been finalized by the DOE. The funding will support the revival & transformation of a facility in Indiana into a coal-powered ammonia fertilizer plant. Details of this investment ⤵️ #USAg
Ohio soybean farmer discusses losses due to Trump's trade war: "Every acre of soybean we grow this year, we are losing $300 an acre. So over our little 1,000 acre farmer, that is over $300,000 of loss."
🚨BIG NEWS for American Farmers! I just announced in Lebanon, TN - effective immediately - American farmland will NO LONGER use taxpayer dollars to build solar farms. Millions of acres of prime farmland is left unusable so Green New Deal subsidized solar panels can be built. This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of the next generation of farmers and the future of our country. Starting today, @USDA will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind projects on productive farmland, ending massive taxpayer handouts. Also ENDING the use of panels made by foreign adversaries like China. This is AMERICA FIRST. 🇺🇸💪🚜#farmsecurityisnationalsecurity
