minus-squaresuigenerix@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Exclusive: China buys Argentine soybeans after tax drop, leaving US farmers sidelinedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt was mostly the big corp farms that benefited in the end. Many smaller farms that had been family-owned for generations weren’t so lucky. Worse, farmer mental health declined and suicides increased. Trump: Hey my policies killed lots of people during my first term. I’ll do that again, only this time on a massive scale! https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/08/30/amid-trump-tariffs-farm-bankruptcies-and-suicides-rise/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts linkfedilink
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It was mostly the big corp farms that benefited in the end. Many smaller farms that had been family-owned for generations weren’t so lucky.
Worse, farmer mental health declined and suicides increased.
Trump: Hey my policies killed lots of people during my first term. I’ll do that again, only this time on a massive scale!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/08/30/amid-trump-tariffs-farm-bankruptcies-and-suicides-rise/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts