The Carson Jorgensen Podcast

Gas is $4.29 and diesel is over $6. I don't like it either. But staying home on November 3 is the worst thing we could do.

We learned during COVID that our food supply had less cushion than we thought. Our fuel supply is the same story.... and the midterms decide whether we keep fixing it.

In this solo episode I talk through why prices are where they are and what's on the line Tuesday, November 3. Do I always agree with the president? No. But I'm going to get out and vote, and I hope you will too.

In this episode:

• The Iran war and Hormuz hit a fuel system that had very little cushion

• The last major U.S. refinery came online in 1977

• Keystone XL, federal leasing and the LNG export pause

• We wash our wool and ship it overseas to be processed, then ship it back as clothes

• Textile mill jobs fell from 384,900 in 2000 to about 78,000 today

• Southwest border apprehensions are down 95%, with zero Border Patrol releases for 17 straight months

• If Congress flips, a lot of that work is at risk

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#midterms #vote #energy #foodsecurity #sheep #agriculture

Chapters

00:00 Midterms and the price at the pump

01:04 Why staying home is the wrong answer

02:01 Fuel and food: why we had so little cushion

02:31 Refining capacity and 1977

02:59 Keystone XL, leasing and LNG

03:57 Refinery closures and the cost of investing here

05:07 Outsourcing: EVs, textiles and tanneries

07:13 Wool shipped overseas and back

08:02 Deregulation, trade and better paying jobs

09:01 The border: down 95%

09:51 Europe as a warning

11:18 What the Democratic Party has become

13:30 The endangerment finding and grazing

14:00 Bureaucrats waiting out the president

15:18 Ask not what your country can do for you

16:54 Why I'm voting Nov 3

Cheap food ran out of road. Brazilian beef at 19 US cents a pound. Cities still get the bargain. Our herd keeps shrinking.

Rodger Savory has been a rancher, consultant, and Holistic Management specialist since 1987. He has operated and owned cattle ranches and wildlife and forestry properties in Africa, Canada, Australia, and the United States. He pioneered the Biological Carpeting Method of land restoration and livestock management and perfected it over several decades. Born in Africa and raised in both Africa and the U.S., he is a U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of the University of New Mexico. He is CEO of Savory Holistics and leads Deserts to Grasslands.

In this conversation:

• Root cause: Bretton Woods, cheap food for cities, and 82 years without hunger wars
• Why Brazilian beef lands at 19 cents a pound, and what 300,000 tons of imports do here
• How Brazil doubled its herd every seven years while the U.S. sells heifers for hamburger
• Holistic management vs what America heard as “chopsticks”
• Desertification, extractive policy, and why city-based ag leadership misses the ranch
• What a national policy looks like if it regenerates land instead of only harvesting it

#cattle #beef #ranching #agriculture #foodsecurity

The people writing the rules have never run the place.

Reagan said it in 1964. A little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.

A published rule is not a finished job. Count the truck, the forest, and the kill floor. Not the memo.

They walked into 75 years of paper written by people who do not live in the backyard.

Subscribe if you work for a living and you are tired of rules written from a building.

I sat down with Ambassador Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative.
As a rancher, I’ve watched unfair trade practices and one-sided deals hammer American agriculture for years. Greer has spent the last decade in the middle of the fight — first as Chief of Staff to Ambassador Lighthizer, then as the man now leading U.S. trade policy under President Trump.
We talk about what real reciprocity actually looks like, why American farmers and ranchers keep getting the short end of the stick, market access for U.S. ag products, and why a level playing field is non-negotiable if we want to keep families on the land and production in this country.

I sat down with Kory Willis, founder of Power Performance Enterprises (PPEI) and a longtime voice in the diesel tuning industry. We discussed the EPA's weaponization of regulations against American businesses and consumers, the enormous taxpayer costs tied to modern emissions systems like DPF, SCR, EGR and DEF, and Kory's direct experience navigating enforcement in the sector.

Bill and I discuss the complexity of trade policy in the animal agriculture space. We also talk about what is happening to agriculture in America as a whole... and it isn't good!

From finance to regulation to mental health, farmers and ranchers across the globe are struggling. Gareth and I dive deep into what is happening and this global fight against red meat in particular. You don't want to miss this one!

In part 2 of the "Red Meat Revolution" series. I sat down with Dr. Shawn Baker, a leading advocate for the red meat diet and author of The Carnivore Diet. Dr. Baker shared his insights on the health benefits of an all-meat diet, drawing from his experience as an orthopedic surgeon and athlete, while addressing common criticisms about sustainability and ethics. We explored how red meat can support human health and local ranching communities and to make a moral case for red meat consumption.

"Red Meat Revolution" Part 1

We have had this idea now for some time to put together a series of shows that highlight the different parts of the positive impact of red meat. From our health to the health of the environment. This is the first episode of what will be an exciting series.

Carson sits with Fred Provenza, author of Nourishment, to explore why animals crave red meat’s nutrients and how grazing shapes healthy land. Don't miss this one. Join us next week for an episode with Dr. Shawn Baker!

Bobby and I take a deep dive into some of the stuggles of agriculture and how we can protect american agriculture and make american food healthy again.