Other farm news....

[kadee79]

Purdue didn't go over very well...the quote is from the body of the article...

Trump's tariffs on China have led to farmers filing bankruptcy at never-before-seen rates.

Minnesota Corn Growers Association President Brian Thalmann said farm producers are not "starting to do great again" and that "things are going downhill very quickly."

American Soybean Association member Joel Schreurs expressed concern about export markets with the ongoing trade war and predicted the markets are "just not going to come back in a day or two."

But Perdue stood by Trump's pressure on China and belief that the United States will come out on top in the end.

"China is going to buy where they see the best value, when we get the trade resolution done," Perdue said. "We're working on markets in India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia to develop other markets."

Farmers in other states have cast similar frustration with the president's trade war.

"It's really, really getting bad out here," longtime North Dakota farmer Bob Kuylen told CNBC on Saturday. "Trump is ruining our markets. No one is buying our product no more, and we have no markets no more."

www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trumps-secretary-of-agriculture-tells-joke-about-whining-farmers-to-room-full-of-farmers-gets-bood/ar-AAFHXEb?li=BBnb7Kz

[gacpa]

Trump scares me.  There have been presidents in the past that I did not like, but Trump really scares me and I fear for our country.  I am also worried the Dems will not nominate a candidate able to beat him.  My mother thinks Dems should concentrate on gaining more control in the Senate and House of Representatives.

My grandfather earned his living on a farm.  We still have the family farm and we lease the land out to farmers who are big enough (people and cash) and have the equipment to grow crops on it.  I am sad that people can no longer earn a middle class life doing any kind of work anymore, including farming.  Georgia sure does love their republicans, I don't know why.

[busymom]

My Mom said President Hoover (who served as president during the start of the Great Depression) was an a$$.  In fact, a bio of him describes him as " uncaring, mean-spirited, and a poor communicator".  Sound like anyone we know?  


Sadly, I think things will get a lot worse under Trump, before it gets better...