Keith De Jong

@jasonmauck1 @RealBobmills In 2013 I opened a flash freezer business along with 24 other farmers in Iowa, called Iowa Choice Harvest. The business plan is solid and we did a lot of work setting up a line to freeze a diversity of produce. We started with apples and sweetcorn and co-packing aronia berries.

@Breeauna9 Bring back asylums

HUGE WIN!!!! TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GETS AHEAD OF LOOMING FARMING CRISIS!!! I'm not sure if the country understands the gravity of this trade deal, but the Trump administration has likely just saved countless family farms from going under this year! Corn was projected to hit a 15-year low after the Biden administration disastrously over subsidized GM corn, flooding U.S. markets with too much supply and zero demand—following GMO bans from China to the EU... By August of this year, farmers in our area were literally on the verge of letting entire fields go, as the price per bushel (under $3 dollars) would not have even covered the cost of operating equipment! Until this announcement, farmers were desperately trying to rent out their corn fields to cattle producers through the winter, hoping to recoup some losses, but EVERYONE was preparing for the worst, and I mean on the edge of our seats freaking out.... Ya, sure, lower feed prices are good for ranchers, but not when we lose farms in the process as that means less supply next year...or worse, high import costs. Today, bushel prices are making a steady recovery, and rural America is looking at long-term security for the first time, following year-over-year losses. THANK YOU, SEC. ROLLINS! Thank you, Taiwan! Thank you, President Trump! We still have a long way to go to save the family farm, but this is a win, and I'll take it.

@N5Pennies Sorry can’t tell if you mean just the Tar Heel plant or does this mean all Smithfield plants/products are banned?

I am excited to share that I’ve completed my Doctor of Education - EdD at Liberty University! What a journey it has been!

@eichstadt_jay @NoPigsAaron And smoked!

@NoPigsAaron It’s sliced!

@KINGS1973 @PSchneider_IAS @modernfarmer @ckleene @meatidea Originally the claim was 1 million hd from seaboard 1 million from triumph and 1 million open sourced.

@PSchneider_IAS @modernfarmer @ckleene @meatidea I think they partner on Sioux City

Seaboard lost 100 Million in the Pork Segment in 2 qtr. 🥵🥵🥵 meatpoultry.com/articles/28839…

@PSchneider_IAS @KINGS1973 @Daniel_Roberts6 Everyone knows what that last word is but apparently I am so far off my phone doesn’t even know what I was trying to spell

@PSchneider_IAS @KINGS1973 @Daniel_Roberts6 The last few years make me think hogs are gone go the sheep route verse any other narrative currently out. Aka just fade away. If ur in you’re in, if not, too bad syanara

@LorenDempster @PSchneider_IAS Very good point. There’s actually comfort here. Here I am wondering what the heck happened to hogs when my better half was always the smart one

@kthdjng @PSchneider_IAS Everyone that’s married is part of the club

@LorenDempster @PSchneider_IAS Join the club. Always willing for new members.

@PSchneider_IAS I know nothing

@KINGS1973 @PSchneider_IAS @mfzerr @TonsorGlynn Spot on. Very unforgiving product. When I was a kid it blew my mind that ppl actually would choose to eat it. Granted I was raised on cull sow roasts 3 times a week.

@PSchneider_IAS @mfzerr @TonsorGlynn I love pork chops but the problem with them is they need to be cooked near perfect. In mass feeding that is hard. Chicken or Beef that is a little over cooked is bearable. Pork Chops no.

Beff to Pork Cutout is now 3.5 to 1 . That is extreme. Beef Cutout should scream higher from here. I am facinated to see if Pork gets brought along on the gap widens !!!

@PSchneider_IAS @KINGS1973 @mfzerr @TonsorGlynn Nobody remembers why they need to overcook it, just that they’re supposed too

@GuyNo2 @PSchneider_IAS Often wondered why we can clip wings off of a Buffalo but not off of a pig

@PSchneider_IAS Pork nuggets at Estelle's in Harmony, MN. Chef Matt has been doing them since 2015. Road trip for proof???

@PukwanaU Agreed

@PukwanaU Pretty hard to root for Poet after recent events , for a lot of farms

@NebraskaPigs @nieuwendorp_n @KINGS1973 @RyanSchoenlein It was an insurance policy basically

Meatingplace.com : Wholestone butcher shop closes, Sioux Falls pork plant put on hold shar.es/afEDA4

@EnronChairman That’s Jason Bourne

Serious question but who the hell is this guy?! Wrong answers only.

@JLinvilleFert Chess piece in a long game…my guess something along the lines of how fast can they shoot something down around Taiwan. Beats me, I just feed pigs

Again, I am no brilliant military strategist but... ...we finally decided to shoot down the balloon after it drifted over the entirety of the U.S.? If it was transmitting info, wouldn't it had already done so? Does this whole thing just seem odd to anyone else?

@okaton_farm I absolutely claim no expertise. I played around with injecting a couple times and never again. Also I smoke more pork than anything else so there’s infinite better resources here than I

@kthdjng Had the salt and pepper. Anything else?

Does anyone have any good #brisket recipes? #BeefeaterXmas #beef

@okaton_farm I started out using extravagant recipes for all sorts stuff. Out of time/necessity started eliminating things…no noticeable difference. Start with good meat, use good start temp and good end temp with rest…it’ll be good. Ignore the noise

@okaton_farm Low and slow. Kosher salt and pepper. Let it get to room temp before start. Let it rest after it’s cooked. KISS acronym