Farmers are now finding out, thank goodness. Hope they have to all sell out
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> “Every time China turns to South America instead of the U.S., soybean farmers and our farm families here at home lose out,” said Caleb Ragland, a farmer from Magnolia, Kentucky, and president of the American Soybean Association.
> “Without a trade deal that removes retaliatory tariffs, farmers like me are left watching key opportunities slip away.”
> Caleb Ragland, 38, from Magnolia, Kentucky, who comes from a long line of farmers stretching back 200 years, is one of them—having voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Still, as the president of the American Soybean Association—representing 500,000 soybean farmers across the country—he is deeply concerned about how tariffs will impact him and his colleagues.
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Farmers are now finding out, thank goodness. Hope they have to all sell out
> “Every time China turns to South America instead of the U.S., soybean farmers and our farm families here at home lose out,” said Caleb Ragland, a farmer from Magnolia, Kentucky, and president of the American Soybean Association.
> “Without a trade deal that removes retaliatory tariffs, farmers like me are left watching key opportunities slip away.”
[Oh, and who did you vote for last time?](https://www.thefp.com/p/im-a-soybean-farmer-who-voted-for)
> Caleb Ragland, 38, from Magnolia, Kentucky, who comes from a long line of farmers stretching back 200 years, is one of them—having voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Still, as the president of the American Soybean Association—representing 500,000 soybean farmers across the country—he is deeply concerned about how tariffs will impact him and his colleagues.
Guess you got exactly what you voted for
https://preview.redd.it/nhmx35euz3rf1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3760603d1ba67855bf8285b482b7a129ed71a49
When you sanction one country, you’re sanctioning this country
When you sanction everyone, you’re sanctioning yourself
Milei keeps lucking out
I’m sorry to say, but we need to persuade Americans to eat more tofu, or a lot of farmers are gonna have to get out of the soybean business.