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cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 9 months ago

Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'

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Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'

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cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 9 months ago
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"Prices continue to drop and at the same time our farmers are paying significantly more for inputs and equipment."
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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

  • Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    They voted for this. Time to harvest.

    • The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world
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      Yep. Fuckem.

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    You get what you voted for, ass clowns.

    But don’t worry, looks like SOCIALISM is going to bail you out soon anyways…

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    They’ll be fine. There’s plenty of safety nets for farmers. Billions and billions in handouts for the bootstraps crowd.

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    Thoughts and prayers.

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    Ah, the find out phase.

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    How hilarious would it be if they invent soy syrup to subsidize farmers and they start putting it in everything

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