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Arkansas

patphil

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8. And this is just Arkansas. The problem is national in scope.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:37 PM

Yesterday

One of the reasons is the destruction of USAID, When Trump allowed Musk to dismantle USAID, it rippled throughout all the farms across the US. The estimated loss is about $2 billion.
Now lets take away hundreds of thousands of immigrant farm workers who won't be there to help plant, tend, and harvest the crops.

https://www.usglc.org/media/2025/03/Assistance-Cuts-Hurt-Our-Economy.pdf

Farms have traditionally been low profit margin businesses. Now they're no profit businesses, which means bankruptcy for many thousands of farms across the US.
Add to that all the businesses that rely on farmers for their profits, and you can see the scope this has for agricultural states. It's a disaster that's only going to get worse.

It's farmageddon!

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Arkansas Farmers Begin Destroying Their Own Crops! [View all] LiberalArkie Yesterday OP

FAFO we can do it Yesterday #1

And they would vote for Trump again if they could. Just not a black woman. BradBo Yesterday #2

How devastatingly sad, but 100% fucking true. OverBurn Yesterday #19

Oh, man, if only there was a way to avoid the entirely predictable consequences RockRaven Yesterday #3

All this happened in rural America even before the Great Crash of '29. flashman13 Yesterday #4

I know it may be a little satisying to point and say, "FAFO". Climate Crusader Yesterday #5

Good luck with that, they are in for some serious psychic pain when they realize how much they were conned Blues Heron Yesterday #6

We have spent the last 30-40 years reaching out to these folks, mwmisses4289 Yesterday #7

That is exactly what they say about us. Climate Crusader Yesterday #10

There's an underlying animus that is enthusiastically expressed against farmers here. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #16

I remember in the '70's and '80's moniss Yesterday #20

And this is just Arkansas. The problem is national in scope. patphil Yesterday #8

When Rome used to invade and conquer, one of the first things was to burn the crops to make the populations LiberalArkie Yesterday #9

That's a good question. I think the people who have caused this haven't thought that through. patphil Yesterday #11

I think that if Khrushchev was still present, everyone would know. As Russia still hates the U.S. with a passion we LiberalArkie Yesterday #13

Big Ag going to buy up those family farms duckworth969 Yesterday #15

So, we need a wizard to give brains, heart, and courage to people who appear to have none. Perhaps they just sleep. patphil 22 hrs ago #23

And the department of Ag used to support local smaller scale farms growing high quality crops Botany 23 hrs ago #21

And yet food prices are still through the roof LT Barclay Yesterday #12

Oh no! I'm being owned! BaronChocula Yesterday #14

Also of note about the land values is that moniss Yesterday #17

MAGA is really owning the libs by bringing down grocery prices IronLionZion Yesterday #18

The video never explains WHY commodity prices have crashed. Fil1957 23 hrs ago #22

Because our foreign grain buyers took their business elsewhere IbogaProject 15 hrs ago #24