▲ 374 ▼ "It could break us": Valley farmer says Chinese tariffs have crushed the alfalfa export market (www.abc15.com) submitted 1 year ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28499504
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) If I recall, moat of it went to Saudi Arabia? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xploit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Not quite, well at least not for the US as a whole, but could be different for California/Arizona specifically if anyone has the numbers? As for US, China exports were still about the same as next two countries combined, so by far the largest market. Good riddance anyway. Source: https://hayandforage.com/article-5229-Hay-exports-flatlined-in-2024.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Everything you never wanted to know. The price was too good. https://www.azfb.org/Article/Understanding-the-Economics-of-Arizona-Alfalfa permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago Why can’t China grow alfalfa? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xploit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Not quite, well at least not for the US as a whole, but could be different for California/Arizona specifically if anyone has the numbers? As for US, China exports were still about the same as next two countries combined, so by far the largest market. Good riddance anyway. Source: https://hayandforage.com/article-5229-Hay-exports-flatlined-in-2024.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Everything you never wanted to know. The price was too good. https://www.azfb.org/Article/Understanding-the-Economics-of-Arizona-Alfalfa permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago Why can’t China grow alfalfa? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Everything you never wanted to know. The price was too good. https://www.azfb.org/Article/Understanding-the-Economics-of-Arizona-Alfalfa permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago Why can’t China grow alfalfa? permalink fedilink source parent