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////////////////////In 2025-2026, U.S. farmers are facing intense financial pressure from a combination of renewed trade war tariffs, rising input costs, and proposed federal spending cuts. Despite receiving bailout aid, many farmers are struggling with lower commodity prices, reduced export markets, and labor shortages, making it difficult to operate above break-even point///////////////////////

//////////////////2025-2026, Trump administration policies, including trade tariffs, labor restrictions, and budget cuts, have significantly impacted U.S. farmers, with Harvesters food bank in Missouri/Kansas seeing 45+ truckloads of food orders canceled. These cuts, part of broader budget reductions, disrupted local food distribution networks, while tariffs caused retaliatory actions hurting agricultural exports and raising production cost//////////////////////

*GHETTOBLASTER » 12 Feb 2026, 11:55 am » wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2026, 11:55 am

What's the problem with utilizing the leverage we have to negotiate a deal that protects the interests of US Citizens...?

I’m talking about the text in red

roadkill » 12 Feb 2026, 11:38 am » wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2026, 11:38 am

I get a kick out of yer thread title.  

Does Kamala's laugh indicate a mental illness? Or just goofy?         

that’s a tuff call

trump is shfting blame on canada when it is his own self who hurt farmers.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/nx-s1-55 ... -chinaThis is a bitter harvest season for many American farmers.There's nothing wrong with their crops, which are bountiful. But even as grain elevators overflow with freshly picked corn and soybeans, farmers are losing money on every bushel. And there's not much relief in sight. ScienceA surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agricultureEconomist Shawn Arita of North Dakota State University says the crop sector is being hit by a "triple whammy.""You have high production costs. You have low crop prices. And then you also have the trade situation that exacerbates the condition," Arita says.Brady Holst is one of the farmers being hit. He raises soybeans, corn and wheat in western Illinois. Holst typically sends part of his harvest down the Mississippi River and on to overseas markets like China. But thanks to the trade war, China isn't buying any U.S. soybeans this fall. That boycott is putting more downward pressure on already low crop prices.  

 

//////////////////////////Now, President Trump's tariffs are driving farmers' costs even higher.

Meanwhile, the prices that farmers receive for their crops have tumbled in the last three years. Arita says most farmers are now operating well below the break-even point.///////////////////////////////

*GHETTOBLASTER » 12 Feb 2026, 11:55 am » wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2026, 11:55 am

What's the problem with utilizing the leverage we have to negotiate a deal that protects the interests of US Citizens...?

----------------------------Now, President Trump's tariffs are driving farmers' costs even higher.Meanwhile, the prices that farmers receive for their crops have tumbled in the last three years. Arita says most farmers are now operating well below the break-even point.

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Mrkelly » 12 Feb 2026, 2:06 pm » wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2026, 2:06 pm

that’s a tuff call

Not for me. And I mean that in all fairness.   Anyone who believes Kamala is suitable for a leadership position is nuts!

Blackvegetable » 12 Feb 2026, 11:00 am » wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2026, 11:00 am

why I use PG.

Highly doubtful.... I heard it's because you're a ******...

ROG62 » 13 Feb 2026, 11:21 am » wrote: ↑

13 Feb 2026, 11:21 am

Highly doubtful.... I heard it's because you're a ******...

From whom?