ATR: Tariffs coming to farmers while soybeans shatter

About this episode

Glen Cope, a fourth-generation Ozarks cattleman and FCS Financial/MFA Oil board member, joins the Ag Tribes Report to cover four stories: Trump directing tariff revenue to soybean farmers hit by China's trade retaliation, the $20B Argentina bailout undercutting US soybean exports, new world screwworm's approach toward the US border, and the government shutdown's disruption of USDA payments. The Bitcoin-land segment compares Bitcoin's price to Ozarks pastureland (18.5 acres per BTC). Glen's Peter Thiel Paradox belief is that land values will never recede in dollar terms — Vance agrees fully rather than pushing back. His worthy adversary is RFK Jr., respected for the health mission but opposed on ag-input safety (Roundup, cattle implants).

Key moments

• Opening tribute to a recently deceased Farm Bureau friend, Ryan White House — a somber, personal note before diving into news (~15%).
• Extended tariff/Argentina discussion where Glen frames US foreign aid as repeatedly "stabbing us in the back" (South Korea beef parallel) (~20-27%).
• Screwworm segment: near-unanimous "not if, but when" framing of US border incursion, tied to a human death case in Central America (~44-50%).
• Bitcoin land price report: 1 BTC = 18.5 acres of Ozarks pastureland at $120,500/BTC and $6,500/acre (~58-63%) — Glen is candid about his own Bitcoin illiteracy.
• RFK Jr. worthy-adversary segment (~87-93%) — Glen mounts a detailed, first-person defense of Roundup/no-till and cattle implants against health-motivated regulatory threats.