Florida tomato farmers are plowing under their vines

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DiMare told WSVN 7 Miami that President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies are driving farmers to abandon their crops.

In January, he warned that Trump’s crackdown on migrants would squeeze farmers, who rely on migrants to pick produce.

This is trump's economy. He is squeezing farmers and businesses two ways. His ICE masked squads are terrorizing their work force while his tariffs are destroying their business plans.
 
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DiMare told WSVN 7 Miami that President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies are driving farmers to abandon their crops.

In January, he warned that Trump’s crackdown on migrants would squeeze farmers, who rely on migrants to pick produce.

This is trump's economy. He is squeezing farmers and businesses two ways. His ICE masked squads are terrorizing their work force while his tariffs are destroying their business plans.
We are slowly heralding scorched earth into the United States of America. The oppressors living on those lands will see nothing grow for centuries when finished. You will eventually win.
 
DiMare told WSVN 7 Miami that President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies are driving farmers to abandon their crops.

In January, he warned that Trump’s crackdown on migrants would squeeze farmers, who rely on migrants to pick produce.

This is trump's economy. He is squeezing farmers and businesses two ways. His ICE masked squads are terrorizing their work force while his tariffs are destroying their business plans.

Maybe they should pay people more.

Oh, right, I forgot. A living wage is only for white people because you need your cheap vegetables.
 
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DiMare told WSVN 7 Miami that President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies are driving farmers to abandon their crops.

In January, he warned that Trump’s crackdown on migrants would squeeze farmers, who rely on migrants to pick produce.

This is trump's economy. He is squeezing farmers and businesses two ways. His ICE masked squads are terrorizing their work force while his tariffs are destroying their business plans.
What a load of crap.

The media claimed that tariffs would raise prices.

Now they're saying prices are going down.

They need to make up their minds.
 
DiMare told WSVN 7 Miami that President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies are driving farmers to abandon their crops.

In January, he warned that Trump’s crackdown on migrants would squeeze farmers, who rely on migrants to pick produce.

This is trump's economy. He is squeezing farmers and businesses two ways. His ICE masked squads are terrorizing their work force while his tariffs are destroying their business plans.

let them eat cake
 
What happened to the price of tomatoes? It seems the same to me. There has been an ongoing drought in Florida and ploughing over tomato crops to make room for a different crop might be common practice but some babe named Christy Bieber (any relation to Justin?) wants to turn it into a political issue.
 
Maybe they should pay people more.

Oh, right, I forgot. A living wage is only for white people because you need your cheap vegetables.
Tomato’s are harvested mechanically. One man running the harvester and dump truck drivers running alongside to transport the harvest to processors.
 
Tomato’s are harvested mechanically. One man running the harvester and dump truck drivers running alongside to transport the harvest to processors.
Lol

About 50% of farm workers in the U.S. are undocumented migrants — including skilled supervisors and machine operators — according to Farmonaut, a farm technology company.
 
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Boy, those unintended consequences for Chumps' citizens, cause he's a dumbfuck, eh? Still, I'm sure the tomato growers voted for him.

Tariffs upset traditional supply chain

From January through April, Trump’s threatened tariffs triggered Mexican suppliers to double or even triple tomato exports to the U.S. — before tariffs went into effect.
The result? The U.S. market was flooded with Mexican tomatoes. Florida farmers saw the wholesale price of a box of tomatoes plummet from $16 per box to $3 or $4. DiMare said tomato farmers need around $10 or $11 per box to break even.
“You can’t even afford to pick them right now,” said Heather Moehling, president of the Miami-Dade County Farm Bureau. “Between the cost of the labor and the inputs that goes in, it’s more cost-effective for the farmers to just plow them right now.”
 
From what I've read the tariff on Mexican tomatoes doesn't go into effect until mid-July. According to the OP linked article Mexico is flooding the market before the tariff hits.
 
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