The QUIET way FARMERS are losing their land!

[00:00:00]insulting and the hubris is overwhelming that you would claim to speak for farmers while you kill us. All right, day number three. Don't forget we're doing videos every single day. Today we're going to get into some farmland stuff because this is how they're going to do it. Squeeze the food supply and take farmland out of commission. This video clip is from Michigan. It's Senator Mc Broom. Check out what he said.

[00:00:24]>> Senator Mc Broom.

[00:00:26]>> Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like these remarks recorded as my no vote explanation.

[00:00:30]>> Without objection, so ordered.

[00:00:35]>> I am not sure when the last time the chamber has been subjected to the incredible hutsp of claiming somehow or other that we care about farmers, but they don't.

[00:00:50]when this body passed legislation that has done nothing but decimate farmers again and again and again for the last four years. It was just in November of 23 that we passed an energy bill in this chamber.

[00:01:09]I got up and warned everybody what it was going to do to farmland. And what is it doing? exactly what I predicted because it's a no-brainer that when you rent farmland for $100 an acre and the government comes along and says, "Hey, we'll give you $2,000 an acre if you put up solar panels on it." That the farmer is going to lose.

[00:01:32]It's a no-brainer that you're going to take away this land from farmers. the regulatory burden this state is placing on farmers right now. What the DEQ is doing to our meat processors, what the DEQ is doing to guys who are just trying to clean manure out of trailers and calling that manure industrial waste.

[00:01:54]We care about farmers.

[00:01:57]I noticed that nobody bothered to come and talk to the only people who make a living being farmers before they ran this resolution.

[00:02:06]Talk about hutpa. Talk about hubris running this piece of legislation and claiming to speak for farmers.

[00:02:15]Look at us. We care about farmers cuz Trump's bad.

[00:02:19]It's outrageous.

[00:02:22]Absolutely disgusting.

[00:02:26]I am appalled at the gall that would give somebody the courage to stand up to the microphone and claim to be backing farmers when they won't even talk to the farmers they work with.

[00:02:39]When they won't even listen to you to them when they warn you about the policies you're enacting.

[00:02:46]But oh yeah, go ahead and run this goofy resolution. Meanwhile, the UP is dying on the vine, and you won't lift a finger to help us. NOT A SINGLE VOTE to help us with the ENERGY CRISIS THAT YOU ALL CREATED.

[00:03:04]Not a finger is being lifted. My mind is going to be paying $14 million a day.

[00:03:12]And you don't even do anything about it.

[00:03:15]The union guys keep coming down here and parading in front of you and meeting with you and nothing happens. I don't know what more evidence you need that you're killing us.

[00:03:27]You want me to run a bill for UP freedom? Will you vote for it? Because we'd like to go.

[00:03:33]So would the farmers in this state.

[00:03:36]This is crazy. And don't dare say that I can't make these remarks. This is my no vote explanation and I will vote no for ANY REASON I WANT to and I'll explain it till I'M BLUE IN THE FACE. THIS IS CRAZY TALK TODAY. Absolutely crazy and insulting and the hubris is overwhelming that you would claim to speak for farmers while you kill us.

[00:04:05]We're under a thousand dairy farmers left in this state.

[00:04:10]I just visited a farm the other day and watch what's happening as they get plowed under to build something else and nobody lifts a finger for them.

[00:04:21]It's crazy to stand up today and pass this piece of trash and claim to represent farmers. How dare you?

[00:04:40]Senator Daly, excuse me, Senator Bolino asked that that be counted as NOVA explanation. Senator Hitinga, Senator Ty, >> did you hear what he said? He said that the government is paying 2,000 or renting land for $2,000 an acre when they normally only get $100 an acre.

[00:04:57]Folks, that is done by design. And around here, we have people that have actually gone along with the program and they are regretting that decision. Did you know, and I didn't really know this either, cuz I don't really go around these large solar fields. You know, a lot of times you're driving down the road and you'll see them, but uh they put off a lot of noise as well. And also, I've saw some news reports where the solar panels are coming due like they only have certain amount of life in them. And now, just like the windmill blades, they don't know what to do with them, and it's causing a big toxic mess.

[00:05:27]Also wanted to talk about how they're closing down one of the largest meat packers on the East Coast. It's been in business since the 1800s. A longstanding place for meatacking on the east coast is being shuttered in August. Sudden to lose a top employer after almost 150 years of meat packing. They are about to shed 1,500 jobs in that community and shut down the largest meat packer on the east coast.

[00:05:56]The Sergeant Mark Me parking plan has changed hands over the years, but has been a mainstay in the Montgomery County economy for almost 150 years. First founded in 1877 and operated by members of the Moyer family, the plant joined the Smithfield Foods portfolio in 2001, then JBS bought Smithfield in 2008. In the fourth quarter of 2025, JBS was the largest 24th largest employer in Montgomery County. Also, we've heard a lot about the farms and being under stress from um a data center takeovers claiming imminent domain. There's a lot of stories coming out of Georgia. A lot of other stories, third generation farms are being trying to be, you know, imminent domain, taken away from the families. There's a new proposal in Ohio. The proposal by a business trade group causing Ohio farmers to fear that the state and utility companies could take private property to build data centers. This idea would also allow entities to take the land before the owners get paid. It's the craziest thing. You guys can look up this information if you want to. It's in Ohio. Basically, what they're saying is that the data centers can claim imminent domain, but before they can agree on a price to maybe settle with that, they should be able to start plowing the land and start construction so they don't waste any time and then later on they can settle uh with the farmer or with whoever they're taking the land from. In a document we obtained the Ohio Business Roundt, a powerful trade group that lobbies at the state house recommended that lawmakers change imminent domain law and should extend possession authority to energy infrastructure projects once public use and necessity have been established. We're aware of the efforts to further erode the limited protections that land owners have, allowing for a quick take of property without first paying for the property and determining the landowners rights and compensation through a court of law.

[00:07:53]The Ohio Farm Bureau's even calico said the Farm Bureau isn't opposed to data centers, but they are opposed to the violation of property rights. Calicoat said he fears that with this proposed idea, it's broad enough that farmers could lose their land and data centers not getting paid for months or years later, especially on how they're subsidizing these solar panel farms to actually take. And another thing I wanted to mention real quick before you go is notice no one cared. They even actually laughed because he wanted to have the vote on record and check the aays and the nays and he laughed about that. Also, I've been watching a lot of these data center, you know, uh, town hall meetings, and they're just ignoring what the people say, even locking them out of the meeting, not giving them public comment. Some were supposed to have 5 minute public comment, and they dropped it down to three or 2 minutes, and they just don't want to hear what we have to say because they know that we're going against the program, and they are in the program, and they have non-disclosure agreements and all this other kind of stuff, right? if this was above board, like we would be able to put our two cents in. Uh they wouldn't have non-disclosure agreements and they wouldn't try to cram these 6,000 data centers right down our throats here in America. Okay, that's all I got for you guys today. We'll see you on the next one.