Ah, so Trump was just buying farmers’ votes…. Economists recognized early on that the Trump Administration’s extra handouts to farmers far exceeded the actual damages…
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Rapid City businessman John Tsitrian notes that, between visiting the Pope and saving the planet in Europe, President Biden also pulled Harley-Davidson out of the…
Rapid City commentator and trade expert John Tsitrian says the corn and soybean markets are rallying thanks to shifting demand and supply in China and…
Donald Trump is tired of coronavirus damaging rural America. He wants to get back doing that damage himself: “Tariff Man”said Thursday, “we signed a trade deal…
Donald Trump isn’t whacking all farmers with his reckless trade war. One subset of the ag industry hasn’t suffered much under the taxes Trump has…
Hey, did you hear the one about the guy who thought tariffs would work out better for him than they did for Smoot, Hawley, and…
We’re working toward repairing two big Trump disasters this week. The House Democrats are restoring NAFTA, which Trump needlessly tore up two years ago. Trade…
Donald Trump is putting his usual mindless exclamation points on the “phase one” agreement to delay more U.S. tariffs against Chinese goods in return for…
Farming’s hard enough. The hours are lousy, it’s one of the ten most dangerous jobs in America, and when Donald Trump wrecks their markets by…