my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news for farmers. is it? it s it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i ve ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we re facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures and, of course. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start by talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic foods
my guest today is minette batters, she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm and the sun is shining, and in some ways you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher, you would think that would be good news forfarmers, is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think in my lifetime i have everfaced into anything like the cost inflation we are facing with our inputs now. we are seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%, these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i ve chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic food stuffs that they buy at the super
Fbi but provide more resources. the reason that a lot of people are skeptical and don t believe the administration is for things like this when you have the homeland security secretary saying this to congress in july. the republican colleagues claim the border is open. is the border open, mr. secretary? no, it is not. it is wide open. it has been open for 31 months. we have been down their every single day and have documented this. that is not the truth. it s hard to believe anything else that comes out of the administration. your thoughts? that is true. to kevin s point surging resources to the fbi doesn t do much to secure the border. the fbi s job is not to secure the border. all the reporting on this clearly suggests that the individuals who crossed the border did so successfully. they did so earlier this year. potentially months ago. they were not detected by the border patrol because there are
Inadequate resources there. there is a complete lack of focus and commitment to securing the border. it s been an unmitigated disaster for the biden administration. even now a majority of independents and democrats agree. i want to put the ap poll a. 69% of democrats say biden is too old. that s a big number if you are a democrat. i ve got 15 seconds for each of you to respond. i think this president is up for the fight. i just saw him the other day. he is itching to take on whoever the republicans put up. it s the american people to watch him over the next 12 or 15 months as the national campaign plays out. this president is itching for this fight and ready to take on the republicans, whoever they put up. sera? the question of age is not a question anymore. it seems to be the only thing uniting the country right now. most people, democrat, republican and independent don t think joe biden is fit for
A big red button and could assign it to do one thing every time you pressed it it would do that one thing. what is the one thing that button would do for you, bethany mandel? so, my theme is always i have six kids and the easy answer is $1000. i would love quiet. fixity seconds of just silence. that is what i want. a red button for silence. i got it. kevin corke? dollar bills. i 150 grand every time. i could use it right about now. i would press that button. after a while that would probably be it for me. maryann rafferty? i want to hit pause no matter the situation so i can think hard about the decision or buying something i don t need. i want to stop and think and say i am not doing it. jeff paul? it would play journey don t stop believing every time.