American Farmers: FAFO

[Pototan]

American farmers are facing the worst times to decades. Remember, they voted for Trump by a 70% to 30% margin.

Boyd has been farming since the early 1980s, currently growing soybeans, corn and wheat across 1,500 acres in Virginia while raising 150 head of beef cattle. He told Newsweek that 2025 marked the first time in his career that he was unable to receive an operating loan, which provides farmers working capital needed to cover daily expenses, and blamed this on the trade policies of the current administration.

"I was turned down by banks for the simple fact of low commodity prices due to the president's tariffs," he said.

The higher costs for foreign importers have dampened foreign demand, leading to further reductions in the price of America's agricultural exports. Corn futures, as an example, have fallen about 15 percent since the start of the year, according to Trading Economics.

https://www.newsweek.com/worst-time-american-farmers-decades-2107710

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump's plan is to hand over all farming to the big corporate farms.

Farmers are like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving Dinner.

[mucholderthandirt]

14. My grandfather had a similar saying...

A poor man voting Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

And in response to the OP, from Granny: Tough titty said the kitty.

Or, in modern parlance, FAFO.

[speak easy]

22. White Men no college 69% Krasnov

https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0

[lostnfound]

15. The farmer they quoted publicly supported Kamala, probably doesn't help now nt

[Irish_Dem]

28. In the midwest farmland, Trump signs were everywhere.

Don't see many right now like in the past.
FAFO time.

[popsdenver]

21. Bingo I_D

After what he did to the family owned farms in his first term with the Soybeans, they should have been forewarned............
I guess the ones that didn't get bought out by large corporate farms for pennies on the dollar, got Trump subsidies.
Sadly, they are so foolish, they think that will continue in the future because they think Trump is an honorable guy and will always do what is right, despite all evidence to the contrary....

[Irish_Dem]

30. Trump hates the same people they hate, so they are willing to go bankrupt and get their kids killed.

Their kids killed in school shootings, flash floods, no vaccines.

[Prairie Gates]

2. He's complaining so that he can get federal stop gap aid rather than a bank loan

They vote for Trump because they are generally lazy and don't actually believe in markets. They want hand-outs from the federal government.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Now, now, farmers are hard working murikans

who pull themselves up by their bootstraps. It's them city poc working two or three jobs to make ends meet and sitting around on their asses asking for gov aid to survive who are the lazy ones.

[sl8]

4. If you're referring to Boyd, he supported Harris.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/harris-endorsement-national-black-farmers-association-rcna176864

A Black farmers group endorsed Harris. That could give her a serious boost in rural areas.

The National Black Farmers Association endorsed the vice president's campaign, boosting her rural outreach with a potentially powerful voting bloc.


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Link to tweet

[TheFarseer]

18. Farmers always say they don't want a handout

But in Trump’s first term they were perfectly fine with dumbass ruining their export markets and getting a bailout.

[Norrrm]

5. They're waiting for their bootstraps to kick in.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Trump's private equity pals will swoop in

For pennys on the dollar

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Fat chance on this farm. I'm not selling. I'll plant trees...

And myself. They will either have to drag me away from my farm or dig me up.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Another let's bash farmers opportunity post? Good grief, y'all.

Painting with a broad brush won't help one get dates, especially not in this economy.

[Hornedfrog2000]

9. Good thing farmers dont date

I mean, there is a reason people are sour on small farmers. They vote against their interests repeatedly, and it hurts all of us. Then they come out complaining they don't have their normal welfare checks coming like we are supposed to care? All of this after most of these people were given this land, for free, by the american goverment generations ago. They are completely tone deaf that they are only in business because they were given things, for free, from the government, and tax payers.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. They, they, they, they...? I'm a farmer and none of that applies to me.

[W_HAMILTON]

11. Then why rush to be offended on someone else's behalf?

"A hit dog will holler" -- but if you ain't hit, why holler?

If the criticisms don't apply to you, then they don't apply to you -- why get upset for those who they do apply?

[Pototan]

23. In the OP

I stated that farmers voted 70% to 30% for Trump. You're in the 30%.

I know how it feels to be in the 30%. I'm a 72-year-old, white heterosexual married male. That demographic is in the Trump wheelhouse. Farmers are also a Trump demographic. No demographic is 100%. But it's hard to deny that the rural areas that are more heavily populated by small farms and ranches supported Trump in 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 margins

[Prairie Gates]

12. Yuuuuuup

[TexLaProgressive]

20. John Boyd supported Harris

Don't jump to conclusions read the whole article

[mucholderthandirt]

16. Nobody seem to mind when it's bash the Southerners all the time, so suck it up.

Groups that mainly voted for the fool get equal opportunity in my opinion.

[JT45242]

13. Womp womp...you and your ilk voted for this since 1980...

Glad the find out stage is finally settling in.

They should all suffer the homelessness that they wished for all Hispanic people.

Zero sympathy.

[lostnfound]

19. The title of the OP as well as your post are absurdly wrong to those who actually read the article

*The only farmer quoted in the article is Boyd, who was a very public supporter of Harris.
*The article says the federal help is going to help Big farms and Southern farms — gee, wonder why? — not the independent farmers.

So the man that you’re saying ‘womp womp’ is probably being punished for being a Harris-supporting independent black farmer, as opposed to a corporate greed hand that’s probably getting all kinds of ‘help’ — and your reaction is to pile on?

Nice to kick a comrade when he is down, eh.

[CaptainTruth]

17. He did the same thing last time! Didn't they learn?

Did they forget the $28 BILLION taxpayer bailout they needed last time he was POTUS???

[ProudMNDemocrat]

24. Remind FARMERS for Trump...."This is WHAT you voted for! What did you expect?"

And they will hate you for it.

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

25. Yes, they won't learn anything though. They'll turn around and blame "welfare" and "globalists"...

Never once will they look in the mirror.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. New members of the Leopards Eating My Face Party

[Mysterian]

27. Republicans increased the debt limit by $5 trillion dollars!

Now they will borrow more money from China and give the farmers a big fat WELFARE CHECK.

[Kittycatkat]

29. Every farmer I know is a millionaire.