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"It could break us": Valley farmer says Chinese tariffs have crushed the alfalfa export market (www.abc15.com)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 47 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

i dunno.. maybe grow something else? a crop that sells here.. shipping livestock feed across a fucking ocean sounds stupid af.

[–] Dhs92@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

To be fair, that's not going to help them this harvest.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Schulz says he voted for President Donald Trump and believes in the goals of his tariff plan, to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and expand exporter access to foreign markets.

“In the long run I think it will be a good thing," He said.

I find myself hoping they have the day they voted for

[–] yarrage@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

It's not like Tariffs were expected in Trump's playbook ahead of the elections, right?