Spencer Walker

@scottwestacre @CBKimbrell I’ve seen this clip multiple times. First time was a couple years ago before AI would’ve been capable of making it.

@CBKimbrell Is this real ?

Should free speech be protected when it is threatening the lives of millions? This guy is openly advocating for bioterrorism.

My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill. Cargill was/is the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ. I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people. 1. The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was never able to run the plant. It never ran again. It was returned years later with no equipment inside 2. There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it difficult to organize a coup against the regime. 3. The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the mayor of New York City's proposal. 4. Dollars- We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat from places like the US and Canada. The government would periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several facilities closed for lack of raw material 5. My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours. 6. Employees became very close to others inside the apartment building. Going out on the street with a desperate population was not advisable. 7. I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to export the pallets 8. I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour mill supply chain. A. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food. When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen 9. Livestock- Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People with guns were hungry. 10. Employees- In the end my highly skilled team alone with other highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading earnings. This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock. The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag products. Rice, bread wheat, veg oil ect. Feed the people first. Jeff Kazin Former head trading Cargill

@CBKimbrell Check out Origin if you haven’t. Love the OG heavy hoodie I’ve got. They make a denim coat as well.

Are there good work coats made of cotton that aren’t made in China?

Looks like your elevator is taking advantage compared to what our local elevator did in the past. Different geographies of Kansas I assume but Looks like the shrink factor they use is 1.5, up until couple years ago we had a 1.2 shrink factor and it was shrunk to 15.5%, not 15%. No drying charges until 18.0% and up either. With 1.2 factor and down to 15.5%, yield is 189.2. All this to say, your math is correct but our coops or delivery locations are taking wayyy more than what the actual shrink is because they want more of our money.

Corn Phantom Yield Loss: Real example taking it directly to town using my local elevator discount schedule. Harvest at 20%: Yield=200; elevator shrink=7.5%; drying charge=$0.25 Net = 185 bpa (200-7.5%) x $4.00 ($4.25-0.25) = $740 per acre. Harvest at 15%: Yield=188.2 (using 1.18% yield loss per point); shrink=0%; Drying charge=$0 Net = 188.2 bpa x $4.25 = $800 per acre. Where is my math wrong? I've wrestled with this for awhile and keep coming up with same conclusion? Maybe other elevators have different discount schedules? Does having your own dryer change the math? If so, what does that look like? Yield loss per point references: Purdue, Iowa State, University of Nebraska, and USDA RMA

@CBKimbrell Casey, am I remembering correctly that you recommended to someone to use large wire in front 2 sections and small wire in rear section for cutting green Milo? Thanks

@Bkitch1Bodie @TandTAg How about Monday, prolly won’t be able to pry you off your combine though. 😂

@spenwalk @TandTAg When can I start?

Walker Farms is looking to hire another person to join our team! We are a progressive farm in SW Kansas and we are expanding. Primary duties will be equipment operating with a focus on spraying. Advancement opportunities available. Full Benefits/Housing. Retweets appreciated Please DM me for more details.

@riley_sides It is kick ass wheat though! Good grazing too.

Cant think of a bigger insult than having a good for nothing crop called poverty grass named after you. Sorry coach!

The will of these things to reproduce is unmatched. Incredible

Get married, have kids, and stop partying into oblivion. Leave a legacy, be courageous. Happy Sunday God Bless all the parents out there 🙏

@5gen_ks_farmer @pinchehonkey @laneallenw @LeonardSeeds @farmerjim13 @McCaffreyFarms P05081 is quickly becoming one of my favorite hybrids

@spenwalk @pinchehonkey @laneallenw @LeonardSeeds @farmerjim13 @McCaffreyFarms It wants to yield, whether it’s second ears or tiller ears it doesn’t care. P05081AML is doing the same this year but I don’t have multiple years of knowledge. Last year was drought and hail so not much to compare to

Milo is stretching it's legs. Hope its got a month because it could be once in a lifetime good.

@farmerjim13 10-15 oz Verdict or Corsican pre Zidua or Restraint V7

Has anybody put together a pre/post emerge program good enough to keeper palmer out of low population (12k) corn? Its either that, fallow, or rye on rye for 2026. Milo, millet, or blackeyed peas would be a disaster as slow as they grow.

@AgrisAcademy Precision brain box, gps globe, liquid rate controller (vapply). Cincinnati chili.

I just spent 10 minutes explaining to airport security what the three items on the left were. I’ll give a $500 scholarship to this winters Merchant Master Class to the first person that can name all four items. Hint: I’m at rhe Cincinnati airport and this a local favorite. Farming in two states

@scottwestacre Flowing pretty good at the crossing north of manter.

More today. Haven’t heard if bear creek is running in Stanton co yet

@591actual @CBKimbrell Do you guys worry about getting poly pipe there? Our water is so hard now new pipe getting eaten up within 10 years.

@CBKimbrell These are about as basic as they get with icon panels because we are on electric. Average is $101,000.

Fresh Valley

@NiehuesBrad Straight west of Johnson on Bear Creek.

@spenwalk Where’s that at?

I’d like to call that one a toad strangler but I think they made it just fine. 😂

@TandTAg Accept the corn will get burned a bit and do both at same time. Use 28% and add additional gallons of water to the mix.

Western KS farming scenario: Producer needs to spray dryland corn pre-emerge corn and also stream N on. Chance of rain tomorrow and Wednesday with nothing following in the 10 day. What application does he make first, only enough hours to make one app or the other

@Grainger20 We planted Milo behind 2 oz 14 days after application. Had 1.4” of rain, came in two shots, one of which was a day or two after the application. Milo came up fine and didn’t visibly see any damage.

How quick can I plant Milo behind 2 ounces of Valor? Label says 30 days, we got a good rain that was not really expected and want to jump in and get some dry land planted. Any experience will be helpful. Thanks