Red state farmers beg for Socialist handouts

[MagicMike]

It isn't just Arkansas either. Farmers all over the country are counting on government subsidies to pay their bills this year and for the forseeable future as long as Trump's tariffs continue to threaten to put them out of business.
The thing is, don't they know that these government bailouts are the very definition of the "Socialism" that they (red states) thought they were voting against last year?
Maybe for Republican voters (so called) "socialistic" programs are only "bad" or "evil" when OTHER people depend on them...but when THEY need a bit of government handout...not so much?

The Agricultural Council of Arkansas wrote a letter Aug. 18 to President Trump raising the "great sense of urgency" about economic conditions facing farmers and asking for "immediate assistance in delivering much-needed and meaningful support to help farmers with the pressures they face due to high input costs and depressed commodity prices."

The council cited that Arkansas farmers are projected to see a $1.145 billion shortfall for 2025, with crop expenses exceeding crop receipts.

"Without additional assistance, we fear that many family farm operations in Arkansas will be forced to shutter their operations as credit windows close."

Farmers have received some aid for prior year losses. More than 12,000 Arkansas farmers have collected payments under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). Arkansas producers have received another $62.5 million under the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).

Arkansas Farmers Warn of Crisis as Crop Prices Fall; Call for Ad Hoc Aid

A gathering of between 400 and 500 farmers from northeast Arkansas underscored that even as USDA projects overall net farm income to rise this year, income for crop farmers is actually projected to fall. Nationally, cash receipts for crops are projected to fall for the third straight year, USDA...

www.dtnpf.com

 

[Mac1958]

It isn't just Arkansas either. Farmers all over the country are counting on government subsidies to pay their bills this year and for the forseeable future as long as Trump's tariffs continue to threaten to put them out of business.
The thing is, don't they know that these government bailouts are the very definition of the "Socialism" that they (red states) thought they were voting against last year?
Maybe for Republican voters (so called) "socialistic" programs are only "bad" or "evil" when OTHER people depend on them...but when THEY need a bit of government handout...not so much?

The Agricultural Council of Arkansas wrote a letter Aug. 18 to President Trump raising the "great sense of urgency" about economic conditions facing farmers and asking for "immediate assistance in delivering much-needed and meaningful support to help farmers with the pressures they face due to high input costs and depressed commodity prices."

The council cited that Arkansas farmers are projected to see a $1.145 billion shortfall for 2025, with crop expenses exceeding crop receipts.

"Without additional assistance, we fear that many family farm operations in Arkansas will be forced to shutter their operations as credit windows close."

Farmers have received some aid for prior year losses. More than 12,000 Arkansas farmers have collected payments under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). Arkansas producers have received another $62.5 million under the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).

Arkansas Farmers Warn of Crisis as Crop Prices Fall; Call for Ad Hoc Aid

A gathering of between 400 and 500 farmers from northeast Arkansas underscored that even as USDA projects overall net farm income to rise this year, income for crop farmers is actually projected to fall. Nationally, cash receipts for crops are projected to fall for the third straight year, USDA...

www.dtnpf.com

The farmers tried to warn him.

Many people tried to warn him.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

 

[1srelluc]

Show me a time in the last 50 years or so when farmers weren't asking for handouts.

 

[irosie91]

I support measures to increase agricultural activity and lower the prices of BASIC food stuffs.
Our Trumpy should use his business sense to come up with a WAY. The WAY could include
SUBSIDY to farmers directly or indirectly by subsidy of specific products. Of course it is
"socialism" -----all societies engage in socialism-----public sidewalks is SOCIALISM. The
water fountain in the local playground is socialism from top to bottom---from the baseball
diamond to the FREE DRINKING WATER

 

[my2¢]

I don't hear anything from politicians about saving the family farm which I recall as a big issue brought up back in the 1960's. I assume that issue was lost and that farmers have considerably less political influence these days.

 

[Ringo]

 

[elektra]

How is it Trumps tariffs when the started when democrats raised the prices of fertilizer and all products derived from oil? Three years of falling prices, no mention of tariffs. democrats are scumbags. The link states
projected to fall for the third straight year, USDA reported

 

[tyroneweaver]

Crops have what's called floors in them. But as an ex farmer I'm unfamiliar with subsidies i actually got. When Carter was President I was able to manipulate some rocky ground that was unfarmable into saying it was productive and he gave me a check for it.
But grain subsidies???? i've never seen the price of grains drop below the floor price where the government stepped in and gave me a check for a low price

 

[Stryder50]

It isn't just Arkansas either. Farmers all over the country are counting on government subsidies to pay their bills this year and for the forseeable future as long as Trump's tariffs continue to threaten to put them out of business.
The thing is, don't they know that these government bailouts are the very definition of the "Socialism" that they (red states) thought they were voting against last year?
Maybe for Republican voters (so called) "socialistic" programs are only "bad" or "evil" when OTHER people depend on them...but when THEY need a bit of government handout...not so much?

The Agricultural Council of Arkansas wrote a letter Aug. 18 to President Trump raising the "great sense of urgency" about economic conditions facing farmers and asking for "immediate assistance in delivering much-needed and meaningful support to help farmers with the pressures they face due to high input costs and depressed commodity prices."

The council cited that Arkansas farmers are projected to see a $1.145 billion shortfall for 2025, with crop expenses exceeding crop receipts.

"Without additional assistance, we fear that many family farm operations in Arkansas will be forced to shutter their operations as credit windows close."

Farmers have received some aid for prior year losses. More than 12,000 Arkansas farmers have collected payments under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). Arkansas producers have received another $62.5 million under the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).

Arkansas Farmers Warn of Crisis as Crop Prices Fall; Call for Ad Hoc Aid

A gathering of between 400 and 500 farmers from northeast Arkansas underscored that even as USDA projects overall net farm income to rise this year, income for crop farmers is actually projected to fall. Nationally, cash receipts for crops are projected to fall for the third straight year, USDA...

www.dtnpf.com

"high input costs" are mostly due to government regulations and restraints upon farmers/farming, which have been accumulating for decades now.

Ag Reform Must Put Farmers First

www.theepochtimes.com

 

[MagicMike]

The farmers tried to warn him.

Many people tried to warn him.

Economists tried to warn him as well. He simply called them "fake economists"...and that seemed to make their dire predictions "go away" for a little while at least.
But with Trump it's always all just a shell game
Hide the pea...shuffle the shells again, and then have everybody guess again which shell the pea is under this time.
Rinse and repeat.
So now that time has run out and the economic predictions are proving true, of course he'll try to shuffle the shells and simply repeat the trick again, but the economy is not playing anymore. People across the country are beginning to actually FEEL the results of his incompetent policies.
The jig is nearly up.

 

[BluesLegend]

Start with getting the Dem eco warrior 'green' anti farming boot off the neck of farmers, jacking up the cost of everything sky high.

Oh I kicked the Dems right in the nuts with that one ^^^

 

[whitehall]

Why smear farmers with the socialist label? The media source Progressive farmer didn't use the words "socialist handout" so where did they come from? Nobody uses those words for any other segment of society that is helped out by government programs. Trump can't get a freaking break even when he is doing the right thing.

 

[Dante]

It isn't just Arkansas either. Farmers all over the country are counting on government subsidies to pay their bills this year and for the forseeable future as long as Trump's tariffs continue to threaten to put them out of business.
The thing is, don't they know that these government bailouts are the very definition of the "Socialism" that they (red states) thought they were voting against last year?
Maybe for Republican voters (so called) "socialistic" programs are only "bad" or "evil" when OTHER people depend on them...but when THEY need a bit of government handout...not so much?

The Agricultural Council of Arkansas wrote a letter Aug. 18 to President Trump raising the "great sense of urgency" about economic conditions facing farmers and asking for "immediate assistance in delivering much-needed and meaningful support to help farmers with the pressures they face due to high input costs and depressed commodity prices."

The council cited that Arkansas farmers are projected to see a $1.145 billion shortfall for 2025, with crop expenses exceeding crop receipts.

"Without additional assistance, we fear that many family farm operations in Arkansas will be forced to shutter their operations as credit windows close."

Farmers have received some aid for prior year losses. More than 12,000 Arkansas farmers have collected payments under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). Arkansas producers have received another $62.5 million under the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).

Arkansas Farmers Warn of Crisis as Crop Prices Fall; Call for Ad Hoc Aid

A gathering of between 400 and 500 farmers from northeast Arkansas underscored that even as USDA projects overall net farm income to rise this year, income for crop farmers is actually projected to fall. Nationally, cash receipts for crops are projected to fall for the third straight year, USDA...

www.dtnpf.com

We all know how the "farmers" made out after being paid off.

Trump Tariff Aid To Farmers Cost More Than U.S. Nuclear Forces

The $28 billion for farmers raises questions about using taxpayer money to shield policymakers from the consequences of tariff increases.

www.forbes.com

 

[Dante]

Why smear farmers with the socialist label?

Why run away from the truth?

"The Trump administration gave more taxpayer dollars to farmers harmed by the administration’s trade policies than the federal government spends each year building ships for the Navy or maintaining America’s nuclear arsenal, according to a new report. A National Foundation for American Policy analysis concluded the spending on farmers was also higher than the annual budgets of several government agencies. “The amount of money raises questions about the strategy of imposing tariffs and permitting the use of taxpayer money to shield policymakers from the consequences of their actions,” according to the analysis." - Forbes

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Why smear farmers with the socialist label? The media source Progressive farmer didn't use the words "socialist handout" so where did they come from? Nobody uses those words for any other segment of society that is helped out by government programs. Trump can't get a freaking break even when he is doing the right thing.

The federal government has been subsidizing farming since 1933.

 

[MagicMike]

Start with getting the Dem eco warrior 'green' anti farming boot off the neck of farmers, jacking up the cost of everything sky high.

Oh I kicked the Dems right in the nuts with that one ^^^

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Climate Policies Will Shut Down Farmers

Belgian and Dutch farmers are protesting because they are losing their livelihoods in the name of fighting so-called climate change as European governments seek to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, necessary inputs of modern agriculture. Will American farmers and consumers soon...

www.heritage.org

 

[Mack Brazile]

It isn't just Arkansas either. Farmers all over the country are counting on government subsidies to pay their bills this year and for the forseeable future as long as Trump's tariffs continue to threaten to put them out of business.
The thing is, don't they know that these government bailouts are the very definition of the "Socialism" that they (red states) thought they were voting against last year?
Maybe for Republican voters (so called) "socialistic" programs are only "bad" or "evil" when OTHER people depend on them...but when THEY need a bit of government handout...not so much?

The Agricultural Council of Arkansas wrote a letter Aug. 18 to President Trump raising the "great sense of urgency" about economic conditions facing farmers and asking for "immediate assistance in delivering much-needed and meaningful support to help farmers with the pressures they face due to high input costs and depressed commodity prices."

The council cited that Arkansas farmers are projected to see a $1.145 billion shortfall for 2025, with crop expenses exceeding crop receipts.

"Without additional assistance, we fear that many family farm operations in Arkansas will be forced to shutter their operations as credit windows close."

Farmers have received some aid for prior year losses. More than 12,000 Arkansas farmers have collected payments under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). Arkansas producers have received another $62.5 million under the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).

Arkansas Farmers Warn of Crisis as Crop Prices Fall; Call for Ad Hoc Aid

A gathering of between 400 and 500 farmers from northeast Arkansas underscored that even as USDA projects overall net farm income to rise this year, income for crop farmers is actually projected to fall. Nationally, cash receipts for crops are projected to fall for the third straight year, USDA...

www.dtnpf.com

You get nothing bitches.

 

[MagicMike]

You get nothing bitches.

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