Trump’s Agricultural Tariffs Hit All 50 States – Driving Up Food Prices, Crushing Exports, And Leaving Farmers With Nowhere To Turn, Says Agriculture and Applied Economics Association
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/how-tariffs-dealt-economic-blow-in-all-50-states/
Posted by T_Shurt
5 Comments
And fertilizer and diesel costs are going to going up at minimum moderately too, right? Sounds like a very unfortunate situation for the end consumer who always ends up footing the bill in these circumstances
Farmers will roast their local Reps. They in turn will run to Trump and whine how there needs to be more subsidies. The strategists will look at polls and determine if they can handle the lost votes (knowing a bunch won’t change their vote regardless) and make a decision to push for a subsidy or not. It’ll most likely get passed if proposed and another handout will go out thus stemming the defecting votes. Same playbook every single time. The economics will continue to erode in the meantime and the lost trade will remain lost.
I come from a multi-generational farm family. To all those farmers who voted Trump thinking whatever happened last time would be fine this time because of more bailouts – enjoy the life you voted for. Think of yourselves as socialist libtards who are getting ‘owned’ by your chosen guy.
Farmers love Trump! Given a chance, most of them will vote for him for the third and fourth term!! I don’t think they would care. Even if they do, they would convince themselves that what Trump is doing is good for the country and them in the long term.
Not sure how long grains can be stored for, but in 12 months there might be a rather big shortage world wide.
The fertilizer shortages are going to hit production hard in Asia and Africa especially.