▲ 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
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Make sure to keep voting for the GOP farmer bob. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) He will, because HitlerPig will bail him out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) I honestly don't think they will get help this time. JD Vance is invested in AcreTrader and what's a better way to buy thousand's of acres for pennies on the dollar than to bankrupt farmers? And at the end of the day, I really don't think they deserve a bailout. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I agree with you 100%, but HitlerPig did bailouts the last time around, and it kept the famrers on his side, so he'll do it again. Nothing like paying people off to keep their loyalty. In fact, it worked so well last time, that he may be engineering the same scenario this time, just so he can pay them off again, and remind them of it before the next election. Oh, who am I kidding? There won't be another election. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It already happened. ECAP will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers#%3A%7E%3Atext=%28Washington%2C+D.C.%2C+March+18%2Cfor+the+2024+crop+year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I'm calling it now, that aid package does not have Trump's approval, he will not sign off on it, or find a way to slap it down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) He will, because HitlerPig will bail him out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) I honestly don't think they will get help this time. JD Vance is invested in AcreTrader and what's a better way to buy thousand's of acres for pennies on the dollar than to bankrupt farmers? And at the end of the day, I really don't think they deserve a bailout. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I agree with you 100%, but HitlerPig did bailouts the last time around, and it kept the famrers on his side, so he'll do it again. Nothing like paying people off to keep their loyalty. In fact, it worked so well last time, that he may be engineering the same scenario this time, just so he can pay them off again, and remind them of it before the next election. Oh, who am I kidding? There won't be another election. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It already happened. ECAP will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers#%3A%7E%3Atext=%28Washington%2C+D.C.%2C+March+18%2Cfor+the+2024+crop+year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I'm calling it now, that aid package does not have Trump's approval, he will not sign off on it, or find a way to slap it down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) I honestly don't think they will get help this time. JD Vance is invested in AcreTrader and what's a better way to buy thousand's of acres for pennies on the dollar than to bankrupt farmers? And at the end of the day, I really don't think they deserve a bailout. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I agree with you 100%, but HitlerPig did bailouts the last time around, and it kept the famrers on his side, so he'll do it again. Nothing like paying people off to keep their loyalty. In fact, it worked so well last time, that he may be engineering the same scenario this time, just so he can pay them off again, and remind them of it before the next election. Oh, who am I kidding? There won't be another election. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It already happened. ECAP will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers#%3A%7E%3Atext=%28Washington%2C+D.C.%2C+March+18%2Cfor+the+2024+crop+year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I'm calling it now, that aid package does not have Trump's approval, he will not sign off on it, or find a way to slap it down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) I agree with you 100%, but HitlerPig did bailouts the last time around, and it kept the famrers on his side, so he'll do it again. Nothing like paying people off to keep their loyalty. In fact, it worked so well last time, that he may be engineering the same scenario this time, just so he can pay them off again, and remind them of it before the next election. Oh, who am I kidding? There won't be another election. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It already happened. ECAP will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers#%3A%7E%3Atext=%28Washington%2C+D.C.%2C+March+18%2Cfor+the+2024+crop+year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I'm calling it now, that aid package does not have Trump's approval, he will not sign off on it, or find a way to slap it down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It already happened. ECAP will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers#%3A%7E%3Atext=%28Washington%2C+D.C.%2C+March+18%2Cfor+the+2024+crop+year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I'm calling it now, that aid package does not have Trump's approval, he will not sign off on it, or find a way to slap it down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I'm calling it now, that aid package does not have Trump's approval, he will not sign off on it, or find a way to slap it down. permalink fedilink source parent