Don't forge.most of these farmers voted Trump before. They got tariffs. Then they vote for him again. Tariffs again. What the f does it take before people finally realize they're insignificant? Think he cares? Give your head a shake. This time, these dudes deserve their financial ruin.
Ok that's an old article and this post, though likely to be true is somewhat misleading. 2024 saw a 55% increase in farm bankruptcies. The elimination of subsidy programs combined with tariffs will likely make things much worst for farmers
FARMERS NEED TO MARCH BY THE THOUSANDS — HOW EVER MANY THERE ARE — NOT POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA — THEY MUST GET OUT THERE AND BE VISIBLE — HOLD NEWS CONFERENCES — DO SOMETHING TO FIGHT BACK FOR TRUTH…
I know! But I have 0 empathy for people who vote against their best interests all just to own the libs and to “win”. If you voted for the shit stain after he told you over and over again what he was gonna do, then you got what you voted for and I hope you lose it all.
Usually it doesn't have that much effect.
But this time, the effwits who voted to own libs ended up screwing over the entire country. And mine as well.
Yep, they’ll crash it all then buy it all cheap or sell it to Russian oligarchs and then they will reboot it all with them profiteering from the forced labor camps of the poor they rounded up for being poor. Because that’s what Russia and China both did.
An awful lot of potash comes from Canada and is needed for fertilizer.
Cutting off supply of energy, potash and nickle are all apparently on the table. And even most of us who may not like our premiers or PMs are siding with Canada defending itself.
My main concern is that with all of these bankruptcies, we the people need to watch who purchases these farms and ensure that our food supply is not controlled by the oligarchs.
it’s OK, that was in the plan. billionaires and China are going to have bidding wars for those American farms. the farmer might be lucky to get a nickel on the dollar
Kiss rural America goodbye. Corporations will buy up the bankrupcies and create mega farms using few employees that only earn minimum wage. Not enough to sustain rural communities.
The MAGA leopard is eating those trump supporting farmers faces. Hard to feel sympathy.
Funny. One supposes it's mostly conservative, Republican farmers who voted for the bankruptcy king Lord Dampnut, so they're presumably fine with that result. In the words of Peewee Herman, they meant to do that.
Can the ordinary masses, with the help of some wealthy goodnicks, find a way to buy the lands and subsidize our wonderful non corporate farmers? How bout starting a grassroots movement to take things out of corporate hands?
These were all Trump voters. They simply got the result of their actions. I have no sympathy for them. Not one tear. I have great great sympathy for the good people of this country who voted for democracy. And I’m very sorry they are suffering
I've been buying Canadian or anything but american since Trump's last presidency and not just for groceries, for everything. It's actually pretty easy. America really doesn't make a lot of products that aren't easily replaced by Canadian or other country's goods.
Wait till the cuts to Wic and snap trickle down. Those are essentially farmer subsidies.
Then we'll move on to deporting all of their field hands.
Farmers really do have it coming from every angle.
I have no doubt Trumps' 2025 actions will cause a surge in farm bankruptcies this year, but also I looked for the article on Bloomberg and elsewhere and found only the ones from 2019, or references to them.
Yup, I agree, I just wish these content creators practiced good communication practices and not mislead people by cropping out the date. Plenty for us to be legitimately upset about, no reason to spread inaccurate information.
Everyone makes mistakes! But yeah "post fast, check later” can cause a lot of harm. Not everyone has hours to look up sources, and people with limited time tend to assume if big trusted accounts don’t quote, it's the norm.
Bots take advantage of this to spread misinformation & lies.
@rbreich.bsky.social but, but, but the farmers are going to make so much money selling to Americans. Asset Krasnov told them that, and to go out and have fun
Who will buy the source of food production in America? Who is rich enough to weather the storm Trump is creating and actually have the financial stability to gain assets in this uncertain time. This is what it's all been about.
That is EXACTLY the plan. Been figuring so from the minute trump was ‘elected’. Not just farms but EVERY possible profit making part of our lives. Honestly! this was and is a fascist corporate takeover. It isn’t going to stop until we somehow end it or they own literally everything and we are serfs
I remember when farmers KNEW that the feds were helping them and voted accordingly. Not sure where the total disconnect occurred.
Victory garden starts today.
I know people who are losing their jobs and still think he is doing a good job. It’s a cult and they will continue to follow him happily to their own demise
The issue, like all Republicans is that none of trump’s actions will affect him or his family personally. He is so far removed from the people he is actually hurting. This is a very typical Republican approach, it’s not a problem or an issue if it doesn’t affect them personally. Selfish pricks.
Don't worry billionaires like Bill Gates or Elon Musk will buy up the lands so that they can allow the farmers to return as serfs and keep toiling away.
They might hide it behind a shell corporation but they still get the wealth of ownership.
I don't wish this on anyone anymore than I wish parents who do not vaccinate their children have to survive the death of a child. I guess WOKE is my nature.
Indeed! I completely understand your position. And I believe we all have a roll. Sometimes, when discussing things with family, I feel I'm alienating them. So they have to know I care, and I can hopefully drag them around without kicking and screaming.
The plan is working great. The food oligarch's can now buy more farmland from bankrupt small farmers further contracting the amount of distributers and raising prices for a newly tariffed America. Upset people will revolt thus justifying martial law. Knee cap every little guy MAGA 2025
In order to cave we would have had to be the first to blink.
Trump caved. We didn't. And according to our government we have no plans to remove our tariffs until the Trump admin. capitulates completely and removes ALL tariffs.
But sure, you believe your country holds the power in this.
Hmmm...is JD Vance making good on his investment in AcreTrader, a company that helps wealthy investors (US or foreign) buy American farmland--the cheaper, the better. I'm sure Trump's words of support for farmers last night will be a solace.
I guess Americans don't need food? They've tariffed food imports making external sources too expensive & now they're killing off their own farmers/domestic food producers. You do understand that food needs to be raised and grown right? It doesn't just land from the sky onto grocery store shelves.
Oh yes i understood that. My response was more conversational and slightly sarcastic regarding these silicone valley guys (that vance has attached himself to) buying up prime farmland for their network states but seemingly forgetting that they have to eat. Reference: https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?feature=shared
“The United States will continue to encourage passive investments from all foreign persons.” This is called borrowing money to pay your bills. Who wants to do business with the US right now, invest in what? Elon? Shit, they can have him.
Chapter 12 lets farmers keep their farms. Bankruptcy protects you from losing the farm from unpaid bills. It doesn't mean all those people lost their land
Don't the chinese own a really lot of our farmland already? Like way to much to be comfortable with. Now it will be much easier for them to snag up even more and (pun intended) at dirt cheap prices?
Yes, and then they take advantage of all the ag programs put in place to support family farms. The oligarchs are in control of both sides of the aisle.
Farming is a tough business. I had a cousin who was a farmer who once told me, “that a farmer has to put in thousands of dollars into the ground every spring, and has no idea if he will get one red cent back”! Farmers have to gamble big every year and usually the odds are against them!
No Robert, this has nothing to do with Trump, billions of dollars of Soya beans, but with Dementia Joe and Democrats, China dumped billions of dollars of grain from America, billions of dollars of American debt and other countries are doing the
Same, BRICS has another 23 countries waiting to join; BRICS is already wealthier than the G7, which I believe involves America, So I would say America is being punched and punished for what you have done throughout history.
Had I not spent time in Europe and got a taste of yesterday, efficiency is not the everything. The servings are smaller, but the quality of their products is awesome.
This is intentional they (rich) want all the land, they are currently buying and breeding herds of cattle and I heard Putin and co bought many
Many cows.
Rich investors buying up land has been going on for a while now. Almost every time a farm comes up for sale anymore it goes to an “investment group” or to someone like Bill Gates. They sell for way more than an ordinary farmer can afford.
The investment group then rents the farm to a local farmer, which sounds good because land is hard to come by and with prices on crops low and input costs high, the only way to make a living is farming more land.
They charge more than you can actually make in rent though, and in a few years that farmer is bankrupt and another one who hasn’t figured out what is going on yet rents it.
Now even more land will be consolidated into the hands of the mega corporations. It seems like the land grab of the century is going as planned for Trump and his cronies.
I suspect, and this is really just a gut feeling, that Trump's Trumplikkkans would like to see individual farmers fail, so it can make way for mega agriculture corporations to take over the farms, thus putting all of our agriculture under their thumbs. The point is to CONTROL!
Farmers voted against their own interest. Their political heroes are literally destroying them. The farmers only smiled and blamed undocumented laborers. They fell for the propaganda. So now they'll get what they deserve, as JD robs them blind.
Small farmers will pay the price for Trump’s destruction of our economy. Their farms will be brought up by large corporations. And then we consumers will pay the price.
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And shafted creditors
And vulture capitalism
I love the smell of American capitalism in the morning
He doesn't speak for me. And who the hell is 'we'? The billionaires and the oligarchs.
But this time, the effwits who voted to own libs ended up screwing over the entire country. And mine as well.
Only another 4 years to go...
Cutting off supply of energy, potash and nickle are all apparently on the table. And even most of us who may not like our premiers or PMs are siding with Canada defending itself.
Not to hurt Americans. To save ourselves.
Unfortunately, self harm followed.
She loathes Trump for so many reasons but, I imagine this is the death blow.
both are throwing bombs and killing people
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/2024-farm-bankruptcies-highlight-worsening-farm-credit
The MAGA leopard is eating those trump supporting farmers faces. Hard to feel sympathy.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Smoot-Hawley-Tariff-Act
Why didn’t you join the Maine delegation in opposing tariffs?
Then we'll move on to deporting all of their field hands.
Farmers really do have it coming from every angle.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/02/fact-check-did-trump-trade-war-lead-to-surge-of-farm-bankruptcies/42716789/
Bots take advantage of this to spread misinformation & lies.
https://bsky.app/profile/andrew-ukraine.bsky.social/post/3ljkswzvb4c2d
Then watch the subsidies magically be reinstated.
Victory garden starts today.
it’s almost like that was the plan (but they’re too stupid to plan something like that)
"Canada's oil pipelines to the U.S. slowed within hours of Trump's tariffs, data show"
"Enbridge's Express utilization was at approximately 19 per cent, down from 67 per cent hours earlier."
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canadas-oil-pipelines-to-the-us-slowed-within-hours-of-trumps-tariffs-data-show-155731492.html
They might hide it behind a shell corporation but they still get the wealth of ownership.
https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/32430-jd-vance-funded-acretrader-here-s-why-that-matters
Trump caved. We didn't. And according to our government we have no plans to remove our tariffs until the Trump admin. capitulates completely and removes ALL tariffs.
But sure, you believe your country holds the power in this.
Buy low, sell high.😔
Is that what this is?
Too bad most soil is in such bad shape ir grows less nutrient fruits/vegetables.
Reap what you sow.
Many cows.