Trump joint session speech: "So to our farmers, have a lot of fun. I love you too. I love you too."

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

If everything that you're saying is true, it still didn't stop a good majority of farmers from voting for Trump in 2020 and in 2024. By and large, Trump has a lot more voters from farmers than did Biden or Harris. Therefore, I am skeptical of the information in your post.

Trump doesn't need the farmers vote anymore. So, why should Trump care about them

 

[essentialsaltes]

Florida farmers now plowing over perfectly good tomatoes​

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

“We have to secure our borders south and north, but you have to have a workforce in this country,” he told the Financial Post.

Some Florida farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away​

He's been farming this land since the 1980s, but "things changed, almost overnight," he laments.

President Trump's immigration policies, including mass detentions and deportations, have dealt him a crippling blow, he says.

"The government is killing farming," he says. "This is going to end us."

In a typical year, about half his workforce is without legal status. The other half usually come through an agricultural visa called the H2A. But this year, F. [name disguised to avoid repercussions] is taking no risks: He's not hiring any strawberry pickers who are in the U.S. illegally.

But he says he can't afford to hire more H2A visa workers — the costs have been going up for years. "I'm drastically cutting down production next year," he says, "to 35% of what I usually do."

[Another] strawberry farmer agrees to talk, but only if we use his initial only: W. In this deeply pro-Trump area, he worries that criticizing the president could cost him business.

[Trump has been equivocal in his statements about whether he would help farmers with workers.]

"The president has been unequivocal that there will be no amnesty," asserted Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in early July. "Ultimately, the answer to this is automation. And then also when you think about it, there are 34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program. There are plenty of workers in America," Rollins said.

Farmers NPR spoke to called this idea ludicrous. Many said they are paying well above the minimum wage, and yet they have gotten few American-born job applicants.

HAVE A LOT OF FUN!

 

[Pommer]

Some Florida farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away​

He's been farming this land since the 1980s, but "things changed, almost overnight," he laments.

President Trump's immigration policies, including mass detentions and deportations, have dealt him a crippling blow, he says.

"The government is killing farming," he says. "This is going to end us."

In a typical year, about half his workforce is without legal status. The other half usually come through an agricultural visa called the H2A. But this year, F. [name disguised to avoid repercussions] is taking no risks: He's not hiring any strawberry pickers who are in the U.S. illegally.

But he says he can't afford to hire more H2A visa workers — the costs have been going up for years. "I'm drastically cutting down production next year," he says, "to 35% of what I usually do."

[Another] strawberry farmer agrees to talk, but only if we use his initial only: W. In this deeply pro-Trump area, he worries that criticizing the president could cost him business.

[Trump has been equivocal in his statements about whether he would help farmers with workers.]

"The president has been unequivocal that there will be no amnesty," asserted Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in early July. "Ultimately, the answer to this is automation. And then also when you think about it, there are 34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program. There are plenty of workers in America," Rollins said.

Farmers NPR spoke to called this idea ludicrous. Many said they are paying well above the minimum wage, and yet they have gotten few American-born job applicants.

HAVE A LOT OF FUN!

Too bad that the United States of America got out of the “helping-to-feed-the-world” business.

 

[essentialsaltes]

'Sick of all the lies': Missouri farmer erupts at GOP rep for backing 'dictator' Trump​

"I would appreciate you taking your father's U.S. Constitution book, read it, study it, make your own lines underneath it, and get Trump out of office!" Higginbotham said to applause.

Higginbotham went on to say that he was in danger of losing his farm, and pointed out that most farms are heavily dependent on aid from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — which has been severely cut under Trump's second term — while the government has showered "big business" with handouts.

"Farmers work very hard, but they are funded by the federal government, not by selling groceries," he said.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

'Sick of all the lies': Missouri farmer erupts at GOP rep for backing 'dictator' Trump​

"I would appreciate you taking your father's U.S. Constitution book, read it, study it, make your own lines underneath it, and get Trump out of office!" Higginbotham said to applause.

Higginbotham went on to say that he was in danger of losing his farm, and pointed out that most farms are heavily dependent on aid from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — which has been severely cut under Trump's second term — while the government has showered "big business" with handouts.

"Farmers work very hard, but they are funded by the federal government, not by selling groceries," he said.

Have they tried buying the president a small gift to show their appreciation like the big tech leaders and foreign oligarchs have been doing? Maybe they could offer him a $500m combine - for his presidential library, of course.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Arkansas on the verge of agricultural disaster​

One in three or more farms in Arkansas could be shuttered by next spring if the federal government doesn’t provide some type of supplemental assistance to farmers this fall, Agriculture Council of Arkansas President Joe Mencer told Talk Business & Politics.

The Ag Council has submitted two letters, one to the White House and the other to the U.S. Trade Representative, seeking relief in a number of areas, said Ag Council Executive Director Andrew Grobmyer.

Gov. Sarah Sanders was given copies of the letters sent, and in recent months she has been traveling the state to host a series of ag roundtable talks with farmers and other stakeholders.

Grobmyer said he hopes this political clout will produce results soon. If not, the outlook for the farm community is bleak, he said.

“There is a true disaster looming on the horizon,” he said.

Have a lot of fun!

 

[durangodawood]

Contemporary GOP is more interested in podcasters than farmers. At least on the national level.

 

[Pommer]

Arkansas on the verge of agricultural disaster​

One in three or more farms in Arkansas could be shuttered by next spring if the federal government doesn’t provide some type of supplemental assistance to farmers this fall, Agriculture Council of Arkansas President Joe Mencer told Talk Business & Politics.

The Ag Council has submitted two letters, one to the White House and the other to the U.S. Trade Representative, seeking relief in a number of areas, said Ag Council Executive Director Andrew Grobmyer.

Gov. Sarah Sanders was given copies of the letters sent, and in recent months she has been traveling the state to host a series of ag roundtable talks with farmers and other stakeholders.

Grobmyer said he hopes this political clout will produce results soon. If not, the outlook for the farm community is bleak, he said.

“There is a true disaster looming on the horizon,” he said.

Have a lot of fun!

Too bad that the U.S. decided to save a buck and ceased feeding the world, by buying up America’s farm products.

 

[essentialsaltes]

‘We can’t sell’: Farmers face difficulties ahead of harvest​

‘This is the first time in my farming life...that I can’t sell’​

“We can’t sell. This is the first time in my life farming that I still have crop in my bins that I can’t sell,” he said.
Despite gathering a good crop this year, Carter says the selling price of the crops won’t cover expenses.

Carter said while businesses can fight tariffs by raising their prices, farmers can’t do this.

“Our price is set by global markets,” he said.

“I was offered $3.90 a bushel for rice last week to make dog food out of,” he said. “That won’t even cover my seed cost.”

Agriculture is a $20 billion industry in Arkansas. Carter fears that failure for farmers won’t just stop with them.

“It won’t be a trickle-down effect; it will be like flushing a toilet if the ag industry collapses,” he said.

Have a lot of fun!

 

[Say it aint so]

Farm Bankruptcies in 2025 Already Surpass Last Year’s Total​

Farmers cite a combination of falling commodity prices, high interest rates, rising input costs, and extreme weather events as key contributors to their economic challenges. For many, profit margins have vanished entirely.​

A breakdown of their concerns:

Commodity prices: Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — ‘U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute’

High Interest rates: Fed Chair Powell says inflation, hiring slowdown pose 'challenging situation'

Rising input costs: Trump tariffs mean fewer machinery purchases, higher costs for farmers

Extreme weather events: Climate Change's Threat to Agriculture: Impacts, Challenges and Strategies for a Sustainable Future

The first three concerns are of Trump and the GOP's own doing that's impacting farmers. The last is of course Trump and the GOP choice to ignore climate change and the effects of climate change as some RFKjr type conspiracy. Or worse yet, a Chinese Hoax for them to steal the jobs American businessmen like Trump himself give them.

Unfortunately for way too many farmers who donned MAGA hats, they are in the FO stage.

 

[Pommer]

But we know different !

 

[Nithavela]

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-misses-out-billions-dollars-china-soybean-sales-midway-through-peak-season-2025-09-10/

U.S. farmers are missing out on billions of dollars of soybean sales to China halfway through their prime marketing season, as stalled trade talks halt exports and rival South American suppliers step in to fill the gap, traders and analysts said.
Chinese importers have booked around 7.4 million metric tons of mainly South American soybeans for October shipment, covering 95% of China's projected demand for the month and 1 million tons for November, or about 15% of expected imports, according to two Asia-based traders.

Soybean farmers not missing out on that fun.

 

[JustaPewFiller]

Some Florida farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away​

He's been farming this land since the 1980s, but "things changed, almost overnight," he laments.

President Trump's immigration policies, including mass detentions and deportations, have dealt him a crippling blow, he says.

"The government is killing farming," he says. "This is going to end us."

In a typical year, about half his workforce is without legal status. The other half usually come through an agricultural visa called the H2A. But this year, F. [name disguised to avoid repercussions] is taking no risks: He's not hiring any strawberry pickers who are in the U.S. illegally.

But he says he can't afford to hire more H2A visa workers — the costs have been going up for years. "I'm drastically cutting down production next year," he says, "to 35% of what I usually do."

[Another] strawberry farmer agrees to talk, but only if we use his initial only: W. In this deeply pro-Trump area, he worries that criticizing the president could cost him business.

[Trump has been equivocal in his statements about whether he would help farmers with workers.]

"The president has been unequivocal that there will be no amnesty," asserted Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in early July. "Ultimately, the answer to this is automation. And then also when you think about it, there are 34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program. There are plenty of workers in America," Rollins said.

Farmers NPR spoke to called this idea ludicrous. Many said they are paying well above the minimum wage, and yet they have gotten few American-born job applicants.

HAVE A LOT OF FUN!

Interesting read.

For what it's worth about a decade ago I knew a strawberry farmer pretty well. It was not a huge farm. Maybe 20-30 acres.
Let's just say he hired similar workforce to do his picking as did other strawberry farmers in the area.
He said he would loved to have hired US workers, and even gave it a try a couple of times. But it never worked out for a few reasons..
First, most US workers would not pick berries for the wages he offered. He had to price his berries to be competitive with the market. I assure you this farmer was not a rich man. If he raised the pay for his workers very much he would have to raise the price of his berries and then they would not sell because they would be overpriced compared to other berries in the market.
Second, many of the US workers he could find for the pay were just simply not as good or reliable as the migrant workers.

Even with the migrant workforce there eventually reached a tipping point in the berry market most years. As berries became more available, the price would drop. When the price dropped enough the cost of paying pickers was greater than the price he could get for the berries. So, he would invite his neighbors to come get all the berries he they wanted for free. Then he would start over with his next crop.

That's how I learned about the economics of strawberries and got some free strawberries every year.

 

[essentialsaltes]

On a scorchingly hot day in the American Midwest, Tim Maxwell is voicing his fears about the future of farming.

The 65-year-old has worked the fields since he was a teenager. He now owns a grain and hog farm near Moscow, Iowa - but he's unsure about its prospects.

"I'm in a little bit of a worried place," says Mr Maxwell, who wears a baseball cap bearing the logo of a corn company.

He is concerned that American farmers aren't able to sell their crops to international markets in the way they could in previous years, in part because of the fallout from President Trump's tariffs.

Mr Maxwell says he is sticking with Trump, despite his own financial worries. "Our president told us it was going to take time to get all these tariffs in place," he says.

"I am going to be patient. I believe in our president."

September is harvest season, and the American Soybean Association (ASA) has warned that soybean orders from China are way below where they should be at this point in the year. [As Nithavela's recent link shows, 95% of Chinese demand in October is being satisfied by South America.]

"China is just so big that when they buy things, it matters - and when they don't, it matters."

The cost of fertiliser has rocketed, too - partly because of trade disputes with Canada, which has raised the cost of potash, a salt imported from Canada by American farmers and used in fertiliser.

Yet despite financial pressures, the rural Americans we spoke to are firmly sticking with Trump.

Experts say they haven't seen any evidence of meaningful change in support among rural voters since last year. A survey by Pew last month found that 53% of rural Americans approve of the job Trump is doing, far higher than the 38% figure for the country as a whole.

Many of the analysts we spoke to believe that rural America's support for Trump is not a blank cheque, despite their current support.

Back at the state fair, Ms Maxwell, the Iowan dairy farmer, makes this point clear.

"We're giving him the chance to follow through with the tariffs, but there had better be results. I think we need to be seeing something in 18 months or less.

"We understand risk - and it had better pay off."

 

[essentialsaltes]

Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers​

They’re pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.

In Tioga County, where President Donald Trump won 75 percent of the vote in 2024, farmers are losing patience with the White House’s promise of a quick solution for farm workers. Their urgent need is highlighted by stories like those of a multigenerational dairy farm that sold off all its dairy cows because the owner could not find workers and another where a farmer’s job listings have received no responses.

John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

“People don’t understand that if we don’t get more labor, our cows don’t get milked and our crops don’t get picked,” said Tim Wood, a dairy farmer and a member of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau board of directors.

“If they’re here working and paying their taxes,” Painter said, “they are not the troublemakers that we should be focusing on getting rid of.”

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump administration considering economic aid for farmers: Agriculture secretary​

“We are working with our colleagues in Congress and closely monitoring markets daily to evaluate the amount of additional assistance that might be needed this fall,” Rollins said at a meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in Rogers, Ark.

[There they go again... throwing money at a problem they created themselves.]

[The comments] come as farmers feel the impacts of the administration’s cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. In March, the agency cutmore than $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to purchase goods from local farms and ranches.

[See, we could give them $1 billion of taxpayer money in exchange for useful products, instead of giving them $1 billion of taxpayer money for nothing. I'm not sure if the little nippers and poor people like to gnaw soybeans, but beggars can't be choosers.]