“Even before the impact of all the tariffs and counter-tariffs hits the US Midwest, corn and soybean farmers were facing a difficult 2025 and likely to suffer a third consecutive year of losses, [according to forecasts from the University of Illinois in Urbana](https://archive.ph/o/sTY1a/https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/01/revised-2025-crop-budgets.html). The previous trade war cost American farmers about [$27 billion, according to a USDA study](https://archive.ph/o/sTY1a/www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details?pubid=102979). The number will be larger this time, with Beijing already targeting food for retaliation. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the most powerful institution representing the country’s rural areas, has broken with its traditional support for Republican presidents, [warning Trump he’s making a mistake](https://archive.ph/o/sTY1a/https://www.fb.org/news-release/farm-bureau-urges-quick-resolution-to-tariffs). “For the third straight year, farmers are losing money on almost every major crop planted,” it said earlier this month. “Adding even more costs and reducing markets for American agricultural goods could create an economic burden some farmers may not be able to bear.””
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We’ll just bail them out and they will keep voting Red…wash and repeat.
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Archived link —–> [https://archive.ph/sTY1a](https://archive.ph/sTY1a)
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“Even before the impact of all the tariffs and counter-tariffs hits the US Midwest, corn and soybean farmers were facing a difficult 2025 and likely to suffer a third consecutive year of losses, [according to forecasts from the University of Illinois in Urbana](https://archive.ph/o/sTY1a/https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/01/revised-2025-crop-budgets.html). The previous trade war cost American farmers about [$27 billion, according to a USDA study](https://archive.ph/o/sTY1a/www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details?pubid=102979). The number will be larger this time, with Beijing already targeting food for retaliation. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the most powerful institution representing the country’s rural areas, has broken with its traditional support for Republican presidents, [warning Trump he’s making a mistake](https://archive.ph/o/sTY1a/https://www.fb.org/news-release/farm-bureau-urges-quick-resolution-to-tariffs). “For the third straight year, farmers are losing money on almost every major crop planted,” it said earlier this month. “Adding even more costs and reducing markets for American agricultural goods could create an economic burden some farmers may not be able to bear.””
We’ll just bail them out and they will keep voting Red…wash and repeat.