{"id":330765,"date":"2026-09-05T05:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330765"},"modified":"2026-09-07T06:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T06:52:33","slug":"usda-unleashes-ai-satellite-imaging-and-other-tools-to-monitor-american-farmers-in-unprecedented-new-surveillance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330765","title":{"rendered":"USDA unleashes AI, satellite imaging and other \u2018tools\u2019 to monitor American farmers in unprecedented new surveillance program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leo Hohmann \u2013 Leo\u2019s Newsletter Sept 4, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week it is building a government framework that will use technological \u201ctools\u201d including NASA satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to monitor the nation\u2019s farms.<\/p>\n

This announcement comes just a few months after another big story in the agriculture world, which I reported on back in April<\/a><\/strong>, that the AI data-analysis firm Palantir Technologies has been granted a $300 million contract with the USDA to collect data on American farmers.<\/p>\n

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA\u2019s data modernization plan is designed to provide farmers with better and more useful information.<\/p>\n

Secretary Rollins unveiled the plan Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Farm Progress Show. She said it will enhance acreage and yield estimation, stating:<\/p>\n

\u201cUSDA will expand use of administrative data and improve mobile access. We will conduct a pilot to evaluate the use of improved satellite imagery. Working with NASA and other federal government agencies to figure out how we can make this reporting more accurate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

She says the agency will update its tech infrastructure to reduce duplication.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will expand the secured data sharing capabilities, and we will evaluate the responsible use of tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

If I\u2019ve learned anything over my 40-year career in public affairs journalism, it\u2019s that whenever the government talks about using \u201ctools\u201d, it never turns out good for freedom-loving Americans.<\/p>\n

According to USDA, the newly released data modernization plan builds on technological advancements already underway across USDA, including satellite-based crop monitoring, geospatial analysis, cloud-based platforms, improved online reporting tools, and more coordinated use of existing administrative data.<\/p>\n

Christian Westbrook, an independent agriculture reporter who runs the Unshadowed <\/em>Substack account, writes in an August 3 post<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The eye in the sky is watching the farms…and when you combine this with the April USDA\/Palantir announcement, you can see this is a command-and-control architecture for agriculture: satellite imaging fed into a battlefield intelligence system built by a defense vendor, sold as farmer convenience and food security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s planned to scale up to the entire nation soon. What used to be a \u2018conspiracy theory\u2019 is now an open plan…<\/strong><\/p>\n

For starters, Palantir, a company that makes its billions using AI to \u201cspeed up the kill chain\u201d in wars against Gaza and in Ukraine, should never be allowed anywhere near America\u2019s food chain. This is a company whose CEO Alex Karp openly brags about being in the business of killing people.<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE:<\/strong> This is the same administration that is promoting water-hogging, energy-burning toxic data centers in place of productive farmland and is OK with the Chinese becoming the second-largest owner of American farmland. It\u2019s also the same administration that didn\u2019t pay attention in January and February when it was warned that if it attacked Iran, the Iranians would shut down the Strait of Hormuz and cause a global recession\/depression. This same administration has now also imported 300 metric tons of low-quality Argentinian beef, undercutting American ranchers, many of whom are already struggling to stay in business.<\/p>\n

But now we\u2019re supposed to believe they care about farmers and are just trying to provide them with better information. I call BS.<\/p>\n

This latest move has nothing to do with providing farmers with information and convenience. This is about government control and getting control of the land, the animals and the crops.<\/p>\n

A government that controls the food controls the people. And the government knows that the American people are going to start getting restless when diesel runs out and food shipments to grocery stores start getting curtailed. Drastic weather events are also likely to mean lower crop yields this fall. Shipments of grain from Ukraine have all but stopped as the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its final phase of total war, a war that has been fueled by U.S. funding and weapons supplies. Even after that war is over, Ukraine, once home to the most fertile farmland in the world, will be left with contaminated soil that is unfarmable for decades. Remember, this was the war Trump promised to end within 24 hours of taking office.<\/p>\n

And thanks to Trump\u2019s war on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, meaning crucial fertilizers aren\u2019t coming out of the region.<\/p>\n

All this adds up to food shortages and global famine in 2027. The USDA is moving now to get control of the nation\u2019s food supply, likely in preparation for some sort of rationing regime.<\/p>\n

Now is the time to prepare. Stock up on canned goods and non-perishables. Buy seeds now for next spring\u2019s planting season. It also would not be a bad idea to fill up several 5-gallon containers with gasoline and keep them on hand just in case you have an emergency and your local gas stations are closed or have long lines.<\/p>\n

If we are headed for an energy lockdown, think of all the things that went up drastically in price or were not available at all during the Covid lockdown. Act accordingly. Now is the time to get out ahead of the next manufactured crisis.<\/p>\n

Thank you to all of my paid subscribers, who make it possible for me to continue doing independent journalism. Please consider becoming a<\/em> paid subscriber<\/a> <\/strong>or making a one-time or occasional <\/em>donation of any size to my GiveSendGo<\/a><\/strong>. Those preferring to send a check can do so c\/o Leo Hohmann, P.O. Box 291, Newnan, GA 30264. I understand everyone can\u2019t afford to support me financially and that\u2019s why I do not put my work behind a paywall, but those who can and do offer financial support are the ones who sustain this work and keep it free for everyone else. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!<\/em><\/p>\n

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