Why Farmers Are Done with Government Bailouts

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk! In today’s episode, hosts Tork and Sawyer open up the barn doors and let it all out, tackling everything from current farm market updates to hot-button issues in agriculture and beyond. The guys dive into the realities of input costs, farmer bailouts, tariffs, and beef prices in America, giving honest—and sometimes blunt—takes on what’s really hurting farmers and the rural economy. They share stories from the field, debate the impact of corporate consolidation everywhere from farm inputs to restaurants, and discuss the growing influence of AI on business and jobs. As always, you'll get market insights, candid opinions, and some laughter along the way—including a real-world Amazon vs. Walmart delivery saga. Whether you're a farmer, AG enthusiast, or just curious about what's shaking in rural America, this episode will spark some thought and maybe even get you fired up. So grab your coffee (or run on pure excellence, if you're like Sawyer ), and tune in as the Barn Talk crew dishes on today's hottest issues. Shop Farmer Grade 👇🏻 https://farmergrade.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ➱ https://bit.ly/3a7r3nR SUBSCRIBE TO THIS’LL DO FARM ➱ https://bit.ly/2X8g45c LISTEN ON: SPOTIFY ➱ https://open.spotify.com/show/3icVr4KWq4eUDl7Oy60YMY APPLE ➱ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barn-talk/id1574395049 Follow Behind The Scenes👇🏻 ● This’ll Do Farm Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/30KPBNk ● Barn Talk TikTok ➱ https://bit.ly/3qciekS ● Sawyer’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3BtX0n4 ● Tork’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3LGZJxS 00:00 "Barn Talk: Share & Support" 09:47 Crop Shifts Due to Market Trends 11:29 "Farming Pressures and Market Forces" 19:37 "Rising Costs Hurt Farmers" 25:00 Seed Market Challenges 27:47 Farmers’ Views on Bailouts 32:22 "Know Your Numbers" 37:53 Cisco Dominates U.S. Food Supply 47:54 "Third Term Speculation Clarified" 48:49 "Support Farmers: Pay More" 58:10 AI, Economy, and Looming Bubble 59:25 AI and Layoffs Misconception 01:09:28 "Prepare for Upcoming Opportunities" 01:11:14 "Show Wrap-Up & Updates" ------------------------------- ⚠NO FINANCIAL ADVICE / DISCLAIMER⚠ The Information discussed and shared on Barn Talk is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or success for any particular purpose. The Information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice. The Information on this podcast and provided from or through our content is general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented on this podcast without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional, professional broker or financial advisory. Understand that you are using any and all Information available on or through this website at your own risk. RISK STATEMENT– The trading of Bitcoins, alternative cryptocurrencies, NFTs, individual stocks, etc. has potential rewards, and it also has potential risks involved. Trading may not be suitable for all people. Anyone wishing to invest should seek his or her own independent financial or professional advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of the food we eat and much of the clothing we wear comes from plants and animals that are raised on farms.
0:05.7	Farms are different in type, in size, and even in name.
0:26.2	Welcome to Barn Talk. What happens at the barn stays in the barn, but not today.
0:32.2	We're going to let it all out for you guys. Today is going to be a barn talk hot topics episode. We haven't had one of these in a while, so we're going to cover a lot of stuff going on in America and in the world
0:38.6	and give you guys our thoughts on it. These are arguably some of our favorite episodes because
0:43.8	it's just sometimes nice to just let it all out. It's all the voices in my head. There are a lot
0:48.9	because we haven't had one. We've had all these guest episodes. So I know you got to stay relatively
0:53.6	quiet on the guest episodes for the most part. You've got to let them talk. It's like me at most places. I can't really say what I actually think as to not get the hairy eyeball from somebody. But here is a safe place for you. It is. This is a safe spot. This is your safe room. Yep, that's right. So we're going to get
1:11.2	into all the nitty gritty stuff going on in the world, give you guys our thoughts and opinions on it. But before we get into it, you guys know the drill. If you've been listening for a while, if you get any value from the show, please share it out with the people that you know. The more that you guys do that, the more that
1:28.6	this show grows. If you love
1:30.8	Barn Talk, it's probably... share it out with the people that you know the more that you guys do that the more that the show
1:29.0	grows uh if you love barn talk it's probably the most important thing that you can do because it helps
1:34.1	our show grow we found it's the best way to grow our podcast organically um and we appreciate all
1:41.0	you that do that and it's kind of the ticket to admission to watch or listen to the show.
1:46.0	Another thing you can do to help us out here at Barn Talk is leave a review on Spotify or Apple.
1:52.0	We love hearing your guys as feedback.
1:54.8	We love seeing those reviews pour in.
1:57.5	And it makes our show more credible.
2:00.5	So the more credible we are are the more guests we can
2:03.0	come have come to the barn to have some great conversations so thank you all that do that and
2:09.2	last thing you can do to support us here at barn talk is support our direct-to-consumer
2:13.7	meat business farmer grade farmergrade we don't have a Patreon. We have something
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