The Post-Partisan Emporium

Farmland Shock: Georgia Grower Drops 3,000 Acres, Warns of Unplanted Ground in 2026   Responding to crippling input costs, Alex Harrell slashes his cropland in half and predicts significant U.S. acres may be bare come spring. By  Chris Bennett  •  January 05, 2026 06:30 AM “Guys are quitting and walking away, and that eventually leads to land that doesn’t get picked up … Cropland with no crop,” says Alex Harrell. (Photo courtesy of Harrell Farms) How deep is the farm crisis? Adios to acreage. In November 2025, Alex Harrell, among the most highly reputed producers in the U.S., dropped an old-school grading scale, A to F, across his 6,000-acre operation and slashed almost half his ground, notifying 12 landlords in a three-week window. “I can’t speak to the rest of the country, but around here, generational growers are either cutting back, quitting, falling into Chapter 12, or grasping at straws.” Spurred by crippling inputs, Harrell’s acreage drop is an alarming indica...

  I’m still not sure which was more outrageous- the home invasion/kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, or the subsequent declaration by US President Donald Trump that we would “run” the country and hand over the nation’s oil reserves (the world’s largest) and infrastructure to Exxon Mobil. How quickly we moved on from those “drug boats”. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez said the kidnapping had a “Zionist tint” to it. If the Trump Administration thinks she will now hand over her nation’s oil to the Four Horsemen they will be sorely disappointed. They have no clue as to the depth of the working class support for the twice democratically-elected Maduro and his cabinet. Meanwhile Trump has embarrassed our country in much the same way that his regular house guest Bibi Netanyahu has destroyed the international reputation of his. It’s not the first time the US has tried to derail the Bolivarian socialist revolution underway in Venezuela. And judging...