Farmers could get hit hard by the tRump Shutdown

Farmers say the timing could hardly be worse as they've already been hit with fallen commodity prices and the loss of foreign markets in President Donald Trump's trade wars.

As a result of the shutdown, applications are now on hold for a $12 billion emergency aid package Trump and the Department of Agriculture announced for farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs from China and other nations. A Jan. 15 deadline for that program may have to be extended.

“Farmers are waiting on that second payment because they need to start buying their seed, fertilizer and chemicals for 2019,” said Michael Slattery, a grain farmer and economist for the Wisconsin Farmers Union. “The earlier in the year you buy seed, the bigger the discount you get."

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Phys251 said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...utdown-farmers-agriculture-impact/2481655002/



First tRump's trade wars and now this. A loud minority of people want to stick it to the "elites" with this shutdown, but the bottom line is: It's going to hurt the little guy, too. Time for tRump to learn how to compromise.

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tres borrachos said:

This is sad. Family farms are a dying breed to begin with, and now Trump is making it even harder and worse for them.

I do hope the Wisconsinites remember this in 2020.

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