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[–] 289 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)
  • Farmhands deported, can't find replacements
  • $200k labor grant suspended indefinitely
  • Lost subsidies, making less money on product
  • Tariffs jacked up equipment prices and repairs
  • Depends on Medicaid, no insurance if it's cut

Oh boy, way to seriously fuck yourself from every conceivable angle, smart guys. Sumo wrestler lookin leopards after this one.

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  • [–] 132 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Add that any products grown for trade are sitting unwanted in fields, or for aid rotting in warehouses because the government canceled the contracts for them. Food is often held in special warehouses where the oxygen is pumped out, but there aren't enough of those to hold all the excess that was expected to be sent elsewhere

    It's a colossal mess, with an incredible amount of waste

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    At least during Covid the farms were transporting food to churches/communities at lower prices. They literally have no one now to pick up the produce. Waiting on farms to start pick your own systems like blueberry farms.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    One more: China puts tariffs on agricultural products specifically, because they know what they're doing.

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