During a recent #CRP status review, District Conservationist Clint Roby spotted a happy #monarchcaterpillar munching away on #milkweed. CRP improves water quality, reduces soil erosion, and increases habitat for endangered and threatened species. bit.ly/2K6saIH

The family farm is the keystone of a free, progressive, and democratic society. It is the basis of a safe, secure, and stable food system –– and of a strong America.

Election Day is six weeks away! Let’s put our democracy to work for us. Use this link to find everything you need to vote, so that you’re prepared on November 8. vote.org

Last week, 2022 Beginning Farmer Institute commenced around Kansas City! Thanks to our presenters for giving farm business know-how, to April Valley, Green Dirt, and Urbavore farms for showing your operations, and to @KSFarmersUnion and Missouri Farmers Union for being generous hosts.

Want to join BFI next year? Apply by 12/1! nfu.org/bfi

Join us in Columbia for our 2022 Annual Meeting! This event is open to Missouri Farmers Union members and guests interested in discussing the future of Missouri agriculture. Check out our great speakers and reserve your lunch today: missourifarmersunion.us/annual-meeting/

Strong set of letters this morning at #mnleg from Minnesota Farmers Union, Main Street Alliance / Main Street Action, American Economic Liberties Project and @CURE_mn (posted/not printed) in support of Attorney General Keith Ellison’s budget for protecting MNs from corporate monopolies. #BreakEmUp

We salute this administration’s commitment to reducing health care costs by strengthening the ACA, Medicare, and Medicaid. America’s family farmers and ranchers need health care like everyone else. They shouldn’t need off-farm employment to afford it.

We’re excited to announce that Dr. Glenda Humiston will be joining us as the keynote speaker at Convention! This year’s convention programming emphasizes our capacity to create change in our communities and food system. Dr. Humiston has a wealth of experience doing just that.

😂😂😂 This is great! Let’s fight consolidation in Ag!

Happy Birthday to us! On April 27, 1935, the Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service), was established under Dept. of Agriculture after Hugh Hammond Bennett urged the nation to address the "national menace" of soil erosion. #soilconservation #conservationhistory shorturl.at/alAM3

🚨Tell Congress: Oppose House funding bill that hurts family farmers and ranchers!🚨 We strongly oppose the House ag funding bill -- specifically provisions that prevent USDA from strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act. nfu.org/fairness-for-f…

I served two combat tours in Iraq as an Army Intelligence Officer. If I did what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did, I'd be in prison. All eyes should now be on FBI Director Kash Patel. Beyond pure corruption, I cannot think of a single reason for him not to launch an investigation ASAP.

An Apprentice producer weighs in on Maher getting used by Trump: “I assure you Trump is laughing and telling everyone around him how easy it was to manipulate Bill… Trump’s superpower is telling whoever he’s with what they want to hear…”

🚨 BREAKING: Trump tried to boot international students from Harvard, and got smacked down by the courts. Again. A federal judge halted his latest attempt within hours, citing “immediate and irreparable harm.”

Simon Sarris You can ride in the multi passenger lane now

theres a concerning amount of people who genuinely think undocumented immigrants are on medicaid and snap

You know he’s not flying it right? He’s in the back haha

I never thought I'd see the President partying like Gatsby & using taxpayer $$$ to install a new toilet instead of funding SNAP benefits. But here we are. So we’re doing what leaders — what Congress — should do; showing up for our neighbors & taking care of our community.