‘It’s like when you see the tsunami coming in’: Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling

    https://fortune.com/2025/08/28/tsunami-inflation-grocery-prices-tariffs-deportation-trump/

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    8 Comments

    1. Used-Passion-8835 on

      This will contribute to the rise in inflation. By the end of the year, there will be a recession. We keep putting more on the pile..

    2. BrilliantDishevelled on

      Frankly, this is the pain we need in the US.  If we don’t feel pain we won’t see the need for change.   

      Winter is coming.

    3. DolphinsBreath on

      Hey folks, relax. All Trump needs to do is cut the federal funds rate to 1% and the tsunami will vanish. Just in case, see those troops on the corner?

      Edit: when in doubt, promise farmers a huge bailout and call the problem solved.

    4. DolphinsBreath on

      >Robertson agreed, but thought the Trump administration could easily expand the H-2A program dramatically to meet the capacity, especially given the innovations of facial recognition technology and other security measures.

      >“It blows my mind that they don’t do this,” Robertson said.

      >“It would have to be much, much larger, in the millions rather than the hundreds of thousands, to meet U.S. demand,” Hanson said.

      Only over Stephen Miller’s dead body will the Trump administration turn around and invite millions of Latin Americans back in.

    5. Other-Mess6887 on

      Article talks about problems this winter. Product, such as tomatoes, needs to be in grocery within a couple of weeks after picking. I know tomatoes are shipped green and artificially ripened.

    6. Just wait until hamburger is $10/pound. Nobody left in the processing plants and there are tariffs on imported meat

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