OFC farmers in America will get a bailout- and they probably should given that we all need food and people to grow it.
The problem is 99% of them voted for these exact policies that we are living under and the rest of us aren’t going to get anything except severe austerity measures from this current administration.
Socialism for the chosen ones, and rugged individualism for the rest of us. Yay.
littleredpinto on
Maybe they can produce some other crops that will drive down the prices in the US..With all this extra soybeans, whatever they are making should start to get cheeper..so much extra supply sitting around. What, the article says 10% roughly of the supply usually goes to china? with no orders, surely that means lower prices..The law of supply and demand, demands it.
jertheman43 on
If they used a quarter of their worst fields to farm solar, they wouldn’t need constant hand outs. Those red farm states knew exactly how bad Cankles would screw them, and they supported him anyway. I offer thoughts and prayers instead of cash.
Professional_Put7995 on
I asked this in another comment:
If the farmers choose to make crops to sell to other countries, why do they deserve a bailout? It’s not like their labor is producing something that Americans rely upon.
Should every business be bailed out whenever a client chooses another producer?
JaxAustin on
Sounds like he should pull himself up by the bootstraps. Better not become a welfare queen, if his crops fail. Free market capitalism, babyyyyy 🇺🇸🦅
turbopat on
Can they just not use it to make Tofu and other soy products? Or is this one of those farms like corn where they only make food for animal feed and it’s not fit for humans to eat?
SeaEmployee787 on
its just really hard to care this time. the last bailout so much money went to big ag. in the last 8-9 years the trickle up economy has surley placed farm land in fewer hands, its more of what about the shareholders bailout feel. the guy in bib overralls with grandkids ruining around his 9th generation farm is less and less of a thing.
Conscious-Quarter423 on
“Everything that doesn’t benefit YOU is SOCIALISM.”
The “YOU” we’re talking about is White Racists (including many farmers).
YOU voted to hurt “OTHERS” (people who look different than you) and you are shocked when YOU are hurt by your vote.
brendamn on
And there are people on Medicaid wondering how they are going to start alive next year. Everyone has a sob story, elections have consequences
Dr_G_E on
If you’re a soybean farmer and you voted for the president this is what you voted for. Same as his last term; after Trump imposed tariffs back in 2018 during his first term, U.S. agriculture lost $26 billion and nearly $20 billion in soybeans alone.
lm28ness on
And china has no reason to buy them beans from the US anymore. It’s pretty much over for these farmers. Remember to thank trump when tranksgiving rolls around.
NigerianPrince76 on
Again, they voted for this.
As a farmer, they should fully understand the saying “you reap what you sow”. Please no more bail out for these clowns!
Not_Legal_Advice_Pod on
“I was all for pissing on the rest of the world. But I’m very much not in favor of the obvious consequences of pissing on the rest of the world.” – 51% of US 2024 voters.
Charming-Tap-1332 on
I’ll have to say, I really love this for the farmers. Their overwhelming support for the guy who caused this leaves very little room for sympathy.
LennoxAve on
Shouldn’t a viable business have enough reserves/ equity to weather a bad season. If feel for the industry but at the same time , not every season is going to be a net profit. There’s going to be ups and downs – can’t expect a bail out when you have a bad single season.
bluesw20mr2 on
I always remember, the rural types were in total lock step with him because of his positions like mass deportation of the illegal immigrants who comprised farm labor, mass tariffs, and gutting food aid programs, WIC, SNAP, USAID.
So they wanted a candidate who would totally upset the status quo, he was pretty open about this, theyd seen him do this sht before, hell they got even redder at their local ballot boxes, 70-80%. This is why i now must mock them.
It’s like if 5 or 9 years ago “hey waiter let me order the turd soup”
Then complaining to the waiter “Waiter! There’s turds in my soup!?”
And then they come back a few years later to that same restaurant “You still got any more of that turd soup??”
-OptimisticNihilism- on
They should bailout the farmers and let the soybeans and corn rot. Then take aerials of all of the rotting crops and send them to the countries we cut off after shutting down USAID. /s
c0smicgirly on
This is what they wanted, as evidenced by their voting patterns. Poor business decision (again).
I don’t want to pay for more handouts for them.
Backhanded_Bitch on
Why did they plant soybeans when we don’t eat that much in the US while at the same time voting to support tariffs against countries who do buy them? They want their cake and to eat it too. This ‘we feed America’ is BS if you’re planting soybeans hoping to sell to China. I don’t feel bad for them. They support cutting SNAP for hungry kids so they can have bailouts from the taxpayers so they can drive big new trucks that cost more than my home. They can eat their bootstraps with edamame for all I care.
Traditional-Pilot955 on
“US soybeans are 80-90 cents per bushel cheaper than Brazil but the 23% Chinese tariffs means it makes financial sense to go with the South American supply”
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OFC farmers in America will get a bailout- and they probably should given that we all need food and people to grow it.
The problem is 99% of them voted for these exact policies that we are living under and the rest of us aren’t going to get anything except severe austerity measures from this current administration.
Socialism for the chosen ones, and rugged individualism for the rest of us. Yay.
Maybe they can produce some other crops that will drive down the prices in the US..With all this extra soybeans, whatever they are making should start to get cheeper..so much extra supply sitting around. What, the article says 10% roughly of the supply usually goes to china? with no orders, surely that means lower prices..The law of supply and demand, demands it.
If they used a quarter of their worst fields to farm solar, they wouldn’t need constant hand outs. Those red farm states knew exactly how bad Cankles would screw them, and they supported him anyway. I offer thoughts and prayers instead of cash.
I asked this in another comment:
If the farmers choose to make crops to sell to other countries, why do they deserve a bailout? It’s not like their labor is producing something that Americans rely upon.
Should every business be bailed out whenever a client chooses another producer?
Sounds like he should pull himself up by the bootstraps. Better not become a welfare queen, if his crops fail. Free market capitalism, babyyyyy 🇺🇸🦅
Can they just not use it to make Tofu and other soy products? Or is this one of those farms like corn where they only make food for animal feed and it’s not fit for humans to eat?
its just really hard to care this time. the last bailout so much money went to big ag. in the last 8-9 years the trickle up economy has surley placed farm land in fewer hands, its more of what about the shareholders bailout feel. the guy in bib overralls with grandkids ruining around his 9th generation farm is less and less of a thing.
“Everything that doesn’t benefit YOU is SOCIALISM.”
The “YOU” we’re talking about is White Racists (including many farmers).
YOU voted to hurt “OTHERS” (people who look different than you) and you are shocked when YOU are hurt by your vote.
And there are people on Medicaid wondering how they are going to start alive next year. Everyone has a sob story, elections have consequences
If you’re a soybean farmer and you voted for the president this is what you voted for. Same as his last term; after Trump imposed tariffs back in 2018 during his first term, U.S. agriculture lost $26 billion and nearly $20 billion in soybeans alone.
And china has no reason to buy them beans from the US anymore. It’s pretty much over for these farmers. Remember to thank trump when tranksgiving rolls around.
Again, they voted for this.
As a farmer, they should fully understand the saying “you reap what you sow”. Please no more bail out for these clowns!
“I was all for pissing on the rest of the world. But I’m very much not in favor of the obvious consequences of pissing on the rest of the world.” – 51% of US 2024 voters.
I’ll have to say, I really love this for the farmers. Their overwhelming support for the guy who caused this leaves very little room for sympathy.
Shouldn’t a viable business have enough reserves/ equity to weather a bad season. If feel for the industry but at the same time , not every season is going to be a net profit. There’s going to be ups and downs – can’t expect a bail out when you have a bad single season.
I always remember, the rural types were in total lock step with him because of his positions like mass deportation of the illegal immigrants who comprised farm labor, mass tariffs, and gutting food aid programs, WIC, SNAP, USAID.
So they wanted a candidate who would totally upset the status quo, he was pretty open about this, theyd seen him do this sht before, hell they got even redder at their local ballot boxes, 70-80%. This is why i now must mock them.
It’s like if 5 or 9 years ago “hey waiter let me order the turd soup”
Then complaining to the waiter “Waiter! There’s turds in my soup!?”
And then they come back a few years later to that same restaurant “You still got any more of that turd soup??”
They should bailout the farmers and let the soybeans and corn rot. Then take aerials of all of the rotting crops and send them to the countries we cut off after shutting down USAID. /s
This is what they wanted, as evidenced by their voting patterns. Poor business decision (again).
I don’t want to pay for more handouts for them.
Why did they plant soybeans when we don’t eat that much in the US while at the same time voting to support tariffs against countries who do buy them? They want their cake and to eat it too. This ‘we feed America’ is BS if you’re planting soybeans hoping to sell to China. I don’t feel bad for them. They support cutting SNAP for hungry kids so they can have bailouts from the taxpayers so they can drive big new trucks that cost more than my home. They can eat their bootstraps with edamame for all I care.
“US soybeans are 80-90 cents per bushel cheaper than Brazil but the 23% Chinese tariffs means it makes financial sense to go with the South American supply”
Are we great yet?