Rahm: “Didn’t Get Your Medicine, Your Social Security Check?” It's Trump's fault!
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Old thread, but starting at post #39, it relates to my post below. 555. (actually, kind of fun to read this old forum thread)
Arkansas farmers say they are close to disaster because the global economy is weakening and their costs are rising fast. Tariffs are hitting them hard, and many farmers are asking for emergency funding as they face the threat of bankruptcy and foreclosure.
Hundreds of farmers went to Brookland, Arkansas, to meet with the state’s congressional delegation and plead for help. Chris King, a farmer from Woodruff County, warned that without emergency funding this year, one in three farmers will file for bankruptcy,
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Costs for farming inputs have soared as fertilizer, fuel, seeds, labor, and equipment are now much more expensive. At the same time, crop prices for corn, soybeans, and wheat dropped to their lowest since 2020. Rice prices are down by about 40% compared to last year, while costs like fertilizer and fuel keep rising, said Independence farmer Derek Haigwood, as stated by Moneywise.
@taiwan_girl said in Rahm: “Didn’t Get Your Medicine, Your Social Security Check?” It's Trump's fault!:
The last time
Big Agfarmers were adversely impacted by Trump's "trade war," Trump gave them government subsidies. Maybe he will just do that again. -
@taiwan_girl said in Rahm: “Didn’t Get Your Medicine, Your Social Security Check?” It's Trump's fault!:
The last time
Big Agfarmers were adversely impacted by Trump's "trade war," Trump gave them government subsidies. Maybe he will just do that again.@Axtremus said in Rahm: “Didn’t Get Your Medicine, Your Social Security Check?” It's Trump's fault!:
The last time Big Ag farmers were adversely impacted by Trump's "trade war," Trump gave them government subsidies. Maybe he will just do that again.
Im sure he will. But farm subsidy for US farmers is not something just done by President Trump. Every president does it.
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Interesting part bolded below
American soybean farmers are heading into harvest season without a single order from China, historically their largest customer, raising alarm bells about the agricultural sector’s stability and broader implications for the U.S. economy.
Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association and a ninth-generation farmer from Kentucky, issued a stark warning about the crisis facing the nation’s 500,000 soybean growers. “Right now, we’re in a very dire situation,” Ragland said in a TikTok video that has drawn national attention to farmers’ plight.
In a separate CNN interview, Ragland emphasized the scale of China’s importance to American agriculture: “China takes more of our soybeans than all other foreign customers combined,” he said, noting that 50% of U.S. soybeans are exported and China represents a quarter of total demand.
