I came of age during the 1980s farm crisis and in my first newspaper job reported on the fallout in southern Idaho. One thing that'll happen, probably, is further consolidation of ownership. That consolidation includes investors who have no connection to the communities, such as Secy. Bessent. They can afford to buy with cash and wait out the downturn. This will further hollow out rural areas and continue to turn them into landowners and contract farmers. And contract farmers are increasingly very large operations with millions of dollars of equipment who move around the country as needed.
Tommy Boy, unfortunately there is no antidote for TDS. Did you get a chance to hear the comments from Senator Josh Hawley today during a senate sub-committee meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi?
No, there is no antidote. Trump sends $20 billion to Argentina -- a great country, but one with little strategic or economic importance to the U.S. -- to bail out a fellow billionaire. That comes at the expense of U.S. farmers as Argentina effectively used the money to cut export fees on their soybeans. And what you want to know is not why Trump is lying once again to American farmers, why he is wasting $20 billion to bail out a billionaire, why he will spend $30 to $50 billion to bail out farmers who are suffering mostly because of Trump's tariffs...but why Josh Hawley is more concerned with investigations into alleged criminal activity than he is in why Trump demands Comey be charged, fires an experienced prosecutor who found no evidence against Comey and puts in place a person who has spent most of this year trying to convince museums that slavery wasn't that big of a deal. Yup, Ricky, TDS...you just have the wrong victim.
Thanks, Ricky, and keep up the comments. The Monroe Doctrine has little application to China today (other than the massive failure of the tariffs imposed in the Jackson Administration). Trump already has decided that China is less a threat than the "enemies from within." Sending ag commodities to China does not determine whether China eats or not; as we are witnessing, other countries are producing the commodities China wants. So, rather than transferring China's wealth to the U.S. through selling ag products, we are allowing that money to go to other countries. By doing so, we weaken our own economy. Lose-lose.
I came of age during the 1980s farm crisis and in my first newspaper job reported on the fallout in southern Idaho. One thing that'll happen, probably, is further consolidation of ownership. That consolidation includes investors who have no connection to the communities, such as Secy. Bessent. They can afford to buy with cash and wait out the downturn. This will further hollow out rural areas and continue to turn them into landowners and contract farmers. And contract farmers are increasingly very large operations with millions of dollars of equipment who move around the country as needed.
Tommy Boy, unfortunately there is no antidote for TDS. Did you get a chance to hear the comments from Senator Josh Hawley today during a senate sub-committee meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi?
No, there is no antidote. Trump sends $20 billion to Argentina -- a great country, but one with little strategic or economic importance to the U.S. -- to bail out a fellow billionaire. That comes at the expense of U.S. farmers as Argentina effectively used the money to cut export fees on their soybeans. And what you want to know is not why Trump is lying once again to American farmers, why he is wasting $20 billion to bail out a billionaire, why he will spend $30 to $50 billion to bail out farmers who are suffering mostly because of Trump's tariffs...but why Josh Hawley is more concerned with investigations into alleged criminal activity than he is in why Trump demands Comey be charged, fires an experienced prosecutor who found no evidence against Comey and puts in place a person who has spent most of this year trying to convince museums that slavery wasn't that big of a deal. Yup, Ricky, TDS...you just have the wrong victim.
While reading the Monroe Doctrine, substitute CHINA for European & you might understand the Trump Administrations actions.
Plus, why are we so dependent on selling food to or enemy? China is not only a competitor, they are also a threat.
Tommy Boy, Keep up the good work. Rick
Thanks, Ricky, and keep up the comments. The Monroe Doctrine has little application to China today (other than the massive failure of the tariffs imposed in the Jackson Administration). Trump already has decided that China is less a threat than the "enemies from within." Sending ag commodities to China does not determine whether China eats or not; as we are witnessing, other countries are producing the commodities China wants. So, rather than transferring China's wealth to the U.S. through selling ag products, we are allowing that money to go to other countries. By doing so, we weaken our own economy. Lose-lose.