Even Donald Trump admits that his tariffs are hurting farmers. Yesterday the USDA announced just how much they think they need to compensate farmers for Il…
Tag: trade
In today’s round-up of news on the harm Donald Trump is doing to the farm economy: Agtegra says it’s lucky it consolidated last year, since…
Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman has stated unequivocally that the Trump tariffs are hurting South Dakota agriculture. His Republican opponent, Dusty Johnson, agrees…
Know what else will cost more due to Trump’s unnecessary trade war? Quilts and fleece blankies. Baum Textile Mills of New Jersey tells its wholesale…
An Alabama economist goes roadtripping through South Dakota and finds us growing steel and aluminum in our corn fields… Imagine, for example, that someone invented…
Oh, my head’s spinning, I feel like I’m going to barf… what’s going on? Did someone slip some water from downstream of a CAFO into…
Farm Forum editor Stan Wise is glad the Trump Administration is making taxpayers shell out welfare for farmers to pay for the trade war, but……
The Commerce Department just announced that U.S. gross domestic product grew in our second quarter by 4.1%, the strongest rate since 2014. In other words,…
You know how Republicans like to say that we Democrats created the welfare state to trap an entire class of Americans permanently poor and dependent…
In for a penny, in for a pound—Donald Trump says he’s considering tariffs on everything China sells us: President Donald Trump has indicated that he…