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Trade deals many had hoped would quickly emerge after President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on some of the United States’ biggest agricultural customers haven’t come. A farm bailout is no sure thing on Capitol Hill. And farmers — many of whom voted for Trump — say time is running out.

“It just seems like things have stalled all summer long,” said Brian Warpup, who grows corn and soybeans on his 3,900-acre farm in northeastern Indiana. “We’re always hopeful that those negotiations are moving forward, but yet with harvest here, patience may be running thin.”

Across the US, farmers describe increasingly dire circumstances stemming from a confluence of factors — trade wars, Trump’s immigration crackdown, inflation and high interest rates.

Though the challenges vary in different parts of the country, farmers in some cases, particularly on the West Coast, are struggling to find labor to pick their harvest. Others, especially in the Midwest, said they can’t sell what they’ve produced. And many are scrambling to find storage.

“This is not your ordinary farm crisis. We call it ‘farmageddon,’ and it’s really a tough time,”

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[-] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago
[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That IS formal.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Farmers, Gibbs said, “are independent people. They are proud people. And the worst thing that they want to do is to come to the government for a bailout. Yet here we are once again.”

Yeah how did that happen 😐

where the fuck are the epstein files?

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

JD Vance’s investment in AcreTrader will be paying off biggly

[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Did the conservs, uh, "Own the Conservs?"

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Just a question of which tech bros are gonna put their cities where.

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] limer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Seems like more price rises at the grocery store

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