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

Vambram said:

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.

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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!

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'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.

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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.

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