OFF-SHORE WIND INDUSTRY
>> Todd: THEY LOVE THE EXECUTIVE
PEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION VOW TO SEND
$1.2 BILLION TO FIGHT FAM INEINE
WE HAVE CONCERNS OF A FOOD
CRISIS AT HOME. JON VOIGHT, PRESIDENT OF
JON VOIGHT, PRESIDENT OF
NATIONAL BLACK FARMERS
ASSOCIATION JOINS ME NOW.
WOULDN’T FARMERS USE THAT $1.2
BILLION?
>> I’M SURE THOSE AFRICAN
COUNTRIES NEED THE SUPPORT, BUT
TAKE CARE OF HOME.
GIVING TO UKRAINE AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD BUT HAVEN’T
TAKEN CARE OF AMERICAN FARMERS.
BLACK FARMERS HAVE A MEASURE
WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR $5
BILLION, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER OF
TAKING CARE OF AMERICAN FARMERS
AND AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
IT IS THE WHOLE ISSUE HERE.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
MOVING TO ADDRESS THE FARM
CRISIS.
WE HAVE ISSUES WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE AND A FARM CRISIS THAT WE
ARE NOT PUTTING FIRST AND TAKING
CARE OF.
YOU HAVE HIGH COST OF FUEL AND
FERTILIZER AND LIME AND ALL
THESE UP FRONT COSTS FOR
AMERICAN FARMERS AND WE HAVEN’T
DONE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO FIX
THAT.
THESE THINGS CONTINUE TO ROLL
OUT, WE’LL LOSE MORE AND MORE
FARMERS BY NOT ACTING.
WE’RE HEADING FOR A FOOD
SHORTAGE, DIFFERENT REGIONS OF
THE WORLD LIKE UKRAINE ARE NOT
PRODUCING ENOUGH COMMODITIES
SUCH AS CORN, WHEAT AND SOY
BEANS, THIS WILL AFFECT US AT
HOME AND WE’LL SEE EMPTY FOOD
SHELVES IN THE COMING MONTHS.
>> Todd: YOU MENTIONED COST OF
FERTILIZER, YOU KNOW THE
NUMBERS, I DON’T KNOW IF VIEWERS
KNOWLET NUMBERS.
FERTILIZERS HAVE GONE UP 200%
AND SOME TRIPLED IN PRICE.
DO YOU FEEL FORGOTTEN BY THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW ISSUE THE
PRESIDENT COMMITTED TO HAVING A
MEETING WITH ME LAST YEAR TO
DISCUSS CONCERNS WE ARE RAISING
RIGHT NOW.
FERTILIZER HAS TRIPLED.
LAST YEAR I WAS PAYING $400 PER
TON AND THIS YEAR I AM PAYING
$1100.
LAST YEAR PAYING $2.60 FOR
GALLON OF DIESEL FUEL AND THIS
YEAR PAYING ALMOST $6 A GALLON
FOR DIESEL FUEL.
THE COSTS HAVE TRIPLED AND THE
FARMER HAS TO PAY THEM UP FRONT,
PEOPLE, NOT BEHIND AND NOT WHEN
WE SELL OUR CROP.
COSTS ARE UP FRONT AND WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT WE WILL SELL OUR
COMMODITY FOR AT HARVEST TIME.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THINGS IN
PLACE TO HELP US, THEY ARE
SAYING CROP INSURANCE, FOR A
FARMER LIKE MYSELF, CROP
INSURANCE COMES LAST, I BUY SEED
AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS LIKE
FERTILIZER AND LYME AND CROP
INSURANCE COMES LAST.
PUT THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP
FARMERS NOW AND PUT AMERICAN
FARMERS FIRST.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
TALKING ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE
AMERICAN FARMER, WE ARE LOSING
FARMERS EVERY YEAR WE DON’T TAKE
ACTION AND THAT WILL HURT US
HERE AT HOME.
HIGH COST OF FOOD WILL AFFECT
EVERY AMERICAN THAT WALKS INTO
THE SUPERMARKET AND MY QUESTION
TODAY, HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE
SUPERMARKET LATELY AND LOOKED AT
FOOD PRICES?
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO INVEST
IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FARMERS
AND PUT FARMERS FIRST AND PUT
SMALL-SCALE FARMERS BACK INTO
BUSINESS.
>> Todd: DOES THE WASHINGTON
IVORY TOWER ELITE KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE GOING TO?
DO THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
FARM OR WALK INTO A SUPERMARKET
TO PAY $10 FOR A LOAF OF BREAD?
DO THEY KNOW THAT?
>> I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, FARMING
IS THE HARDEST OCCUPATION KNOWN
TO MAN, IT NEVER STOPS, SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK AND ONLY OCCUPATION
THAT IS NOT REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT, THAT DIRT ON THE
GROUND, THAT SOIL DOESN’T ASK ME
WHAT COLOR I AM, WHAT I LOOK
LEAK, IT JUST ASKS CAN I FARM
AND RAISE THAT COMMODITY.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TO LOOK
AT AGRICULTURE AND FARMING IN
THAT ASPECT AND FIX THE PROBLEM
FOR THE AMERICAN FARMER.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
SHOW UP TO THE POLL AND MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS, THE MID-TERM
ELECTION IS COMING, THE
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO ACT.
I’M ASKING FOR A MEETING WITH
THE PRESIDENT, HE COMMITTED TO
THAT, THE WA I I WAS JOINED BY
MY DADDY, A HUMBLE FARMER, WHEN
YOU GIVE THE MAN YOUR WORD, YOU
NEED TO HONOR YOUR WORD.
I HOPE THE ADMINISTRATION WILL
MEET WITH ME AND ADDRESS THE
LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS WE HAVER
HOO.
>> Todd: YOU NEED AIR, WATER AND