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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,624 posts)
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:07 PM Wednesday

Soybean farmers face steep losses: "I'm in the worst shape right now" "we can hardly give it away"

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RockRaven

(18,152 posts)
1. Oh man, if only you could have learned from prior experience 4-8 years before
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:10 PM
Wednesday

4/5 of you voted for exactly this to happen.

Lovie777

(20,647 posts)
4. Well wait in line.......................
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:14 PM
Wednesday

because Argentina is more important, so is the ballroom and taking Gaza for the trump resort.

tulipsandroses

(7,986 posts)
5. And I bet you most of them would vote the same way again, just hope for a different outcome
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:21 PM
Wednesday

Because making sure the people you don't like can live the same American Dream is just too much.

As always, Democrats will vote in a way to try get everyone to succeed.
Republicans vote to make sure everyone they don't like won't.

BOSSHOG

(43,804 posts)
7. Chinas buying soybeans from Argentina because of your deal maker
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:30 PM
Wednesday

Gosh. I wonder why. Now your convicted felon in chief says he will bail you out because he’s so fucking awesome. But. That will be a lie. Meanwhile you will continue to be distracted while reading literature about violent liberals. And the band played.

Abolishinist

(2,798 posts)
11. I just heard about this today, China has stopped buying spiny lobsters from us.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 09:02 PM
Wednesday

Spiny lobster prices crash as China stops buying, hurting San Diego fishermen. Spiny lobster prices plummet to $7-10 per pound as China shifts purchases to Australia and New Zealand, devastating San Diego's fishing industry.

San Diego's spiny lobster fishermen are facing one of their toughest seasons in years as wholesale prices have crashed to near-record lows, threatening the viability of California's third most economically valuable fishery.

Fishmonger Tommy Gomes says the spiny lobster that sold for $20-24 per pound last year is now fetching just $7-10 per pound — prices lower than even during the pandemic shutdown.

Of course we're a Blue state, so fRump is happy with even more destruction.

Botany

(75,509 posts)
8. FAFO Trump voting farmers and union members
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:47 PM
Wednesday

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In his first go round Trump lost the entire sorghum market we had with China that should have
told them something.

Btw the bailout money for the farmers is not coming from tariff funds it is coming from the American
people. That is an outright lie.

BTW part 2 any surplus funds that Trump brings in via his tariffs is from the American people paying
more for imported goods it is not coming from the producers of the goods and it is not coming from
foreign nations.

republianmushroom

(21,606 posts)
9. Did most of these Soy Bean farmers vote for trump and his policies ?
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 08:29 PM
Wednesday

If so, Live and learn, dude, live and learn.

Norrrm

(3,105 posts)
13. Congratulations! You got what you wanted... Trump in the WH. The vast majority of farmers voted for Trump.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 09:21 PM
Wednesday

Vote against own interests

hatrack

(63,729 posts)
14. Maybe UltraMAGALady can check out the medical services in CECOT . . .
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 10:07 PM
Wednesday

I hear they're first-rate - so good you'll never want to leave.

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