Vincent Duvall

We now know that strategy isn't working.

Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, says Farm Bureau economists have tracked beef prices across over 40 locations since Labor Day, and here's what they found.

On average, prices have fallen only 16 cents per pound.

Most prices are unchanged.

So there may be some truth to that old saying, "An apple a day may keep the doctor away." The American Farm Bureau Federation is pleased with President Trump's executive order to ease limits on the use of tax-exempt dyed diesel fuel to give farmers a break at their busy time of the year across the country.

American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall thanked President Trump for recognizing that what happens at the fuel pump directly affects what happens at the farm and therefore at the dinner tables across America.

The presidential order allowed dyed diesel fuel to be used on roadways, bringing relief for farmers.

Across the nation, farmers are harvesting crops.

But you know what? More and more I'm finding people are saying, like, "That doesn't make my constituents happy overall." And sometimes, you know, whether it's Farm Bureau or ...

And, uh, and I often agree with Zippy Duvall, so I don't wanna say, like, we're, we're always misaligned.

But, you know, sometimes it's like, oh, no, that's just 'cause that's what Bayer wants me to do, or, you know, that's what a chemical company wants me to do.

And I think people are finding you just can't, you can't take the sort of like conventional, you know, I'm in a swing district, so I'm gonna vote sort of like on a conservative point of view, because that may no- not get you anywhere.

We now know that strategy isn't working.

Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, says Farm Bureau economists have tracked beef prices across over 40 locations since Labor Day, and here's what they found.

On an average, prices have fallen only 16 cents per pound.

Most prices are unchanged.

President Trump's plan to lower grocery prices by importing an additional 300,000 metric tons of foreign-raised beef is not working.

That, according to American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall, he says they've been keeping track.

Farm Bureau economists tracked 41 locations since Labor Day and found that, on an average, prices have fallen only 16 cents per pound.

Most prices are unchanged.

Texas Farm Bureau, they love it.

The American Farm Bureau, Zippy Duvall loves it.

But again, you're right, California is on an island.

Right.

That would seem to have the opposite effect than what I think the president is hoping for.

Meanwhile, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said the move could provide relief for farmers during harvest when fuel costs are a significant expense.

So who knows? Who knows? We'll hope for the best here.

Let's get to the tail of the ticker and begin our markets conversation.

And if they're driving 150 miles, then this is gonna make a big difference for them.

The American Farm Bureau's, uh, Federation guy, the president, Zippy Duvall...

I love people whose names are Zippy.

Like, you know, how do you get the nickname Zippy? You must be moving like the way I move, like a hummingbird.

I mean, he has been spending big bucks on some of these campaigns, the predictable ones, but he's not showing up at rallies, and he's not buddy buddy with Donald Trump right now.

And I think that, uh, that when Donald Trump's out there on the campaign trail like he is right now, showing up at these states and saying, "You need to pretend that I'm on the ballot," it's because things are getting dicey, uh, even in traditionally safe red states.

And that's usually when a guy like Elon Musk steps in, 'cause he's high profile, number one.

And he's ridiculously rich, number two.