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‘Trump is ruining our markets’: Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war — China

 
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‘Trump is ruining our markets’: Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war — China
U.S. farmers lost one of their biggest customers after China officially cancelled all purchases of U.S. agricultural products, a retaliatory move following President Donald Trump’s pledge to slap 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports.

China’s exit piles on to a devastating year for farmers, who have struggled through record flooding and an extreme heat wave that destroyed crop yields, and trade war escalations that have lowered prices and profits this year.

“It’s really, really getting bad out here,” said Bob Kuylen, who’s farmed for 35 years in North Dakota.

“Trump is ruining our markets. No one is buying our product no more, and we have no markets no more.”

Agriculture exports to China dropped by more than half last year. In 2017, China imported $19.5 billion in agricultural goods, making it the second-largest buyer overall for American farmers. In 2018, that dropped to $9.2 billion as the trade war escalated, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

China’s exit will most impact U.S. grain farmers. China is the world’s top buyer of American soybeans, buying about 60% of U.S. soybean exports last year. Analysts estimate that soybean prices have dropped 9% since the beginning of the trade war. Soybean exports to China have dropped by 75% from September 2018 to May 2019, compared to the same nine-month period in 2017 and 2018, according to data from the USDA.

“It’s killing us,” said Mark Watne, a wheat and soybean farmer who is president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. Watne said he lost $3 per bushel of soybeans he planted this year.

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Tell the Farmers the ports are closing in the East; store what food you have.
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Op,fuck off.our markets are ruined from airforce flooding the crops.not trump but brits controlling northrop grumman computers running phased array.
You are really pissing me off with your lies and i can make one phone call and have you fired.
Get your boss on here now!
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So I guess that means our grocery prices will fall, right? They've jumped up just recently. I'll be glad when they fall again.
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“It’s killing us,” said Mark Watne, a wheat and soybean farmer who is president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. Watne said he lost $3 per bushel of soybeans he planted this year.

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Should have planted corn and watch the chinese go hungry.
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“It’s killing us,” said Mark Watne, a wheat and soybean farmer who is president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. Watne said he lost $3 per bushel of soybeans he planted this year.

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Should have planted corn and watch the chinese go hungry.
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Who grows soy anymore?
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So I guess that means our grocery prices will fall, right? They've jumped up just recently. I'll be glad when they fall again.
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lol..won't happen..and FUCK CHINA. they are NOT our friend.
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“It’s killing us,” said Mark Watne, a wheat and soybean farmer who is president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. Watne said he lost $3 per bushel of soybeans he planted this year.

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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77917582


Should have planted corn and watch the chinese go hungry.
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Who grows soy anymore?
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It's used for animal feed, especially hogs.
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First of all, the Treasury just labeled China a currency manipulator because it devalued the yuan, and they didn't mean it in a good way. And simple math will tell you that a "cheaper" yuan means that Chinese consumers can afford fewer "expensive" dollar-denominated American imports. Which is ... not a gift.

Second, the fact that soybean prices are down an estimated 9% since Trump blustered us into this stupid trade war is nothing to brag about. The Federal Reserve finally cut interest rates, partly out of fear that the trade war is damaging the economy, and partly because inflation rates are too low.

Third of all, while some mostly large farmers are getting a windfall, most are just breaking even, or worse. North Dakota soybean farmer Mark Watne told CNBC that he lost $3 per bushel of soybeans this year, and that was before China announced it was cutting all American agricultural imports to zero.

Fourth, the news is absolutely reporting on Trump's efforts to buy off farmers using the American taxpayers' checkbook. From the linked article

"More than 2,300 counties that voted for Trump in 2016 have received money from the bailout program, and counties that flipped from voting for Barack Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016 were more likely to get money than counties that were red during both elections"

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And finally, GODDAMMIT, THE CHINESE ARE NOT PAYING THOSE TARIFFS!
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U.S. farmers lost one of their biggest customers after China officially cancelled all purchases of U.S. agricultural products, a retaliatory move following President Donald Trump’s pledge to slap 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports.

China’s exit piles on to a devastating year for farmers, who have struggled through record flooding and an extreme heat wave that destroyed crop yields, and trade war escalations that have lowered prices and profits this year.

“It’s really, really getting bad out here,” said Bob Kuylen, who’s farmed for 35 years in North Dakota.

“Trump is ruining our markets. No one is buying our product no more, and we have no markets no more.”

Agriculture exports to China dropped by more than half last year. In 2017, China imported $19.5 billion in agricultural goods, making it the second-largest buyer overall for American farmers. In 2018, that dropped to $9.2 billion as the trade war escalated, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

China’s exit will most impact U.S. grain farmers. China is the world’s top buyer of American soybeans, buying about 60% of U.S. soybean exports last year. Analysts estimate that soybean prices have dropped 9% since the beginning of the trade war. Soybean exports to China have dropped by 75% from September 2018 to May 2019, compared to the same nine-month period in 2017 and 2018, according to data from the USDA.

“It’s killing us,” said Mark Watne, a wheat and soybean farmer who is president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. Watne said he lost $3 per bushel of soybeans he planted this year.

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Lol what kind of bullshit is this? who were they sellin to before China even started buying this soy trash? where are the american buyers or are they not mentioning that?
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Hey, don't worry. Trump is coming to the rescue with taxpayer funded socialist bailout subsidies!

Thread: Trump administration will begin paying $14.5B bailout to farmers hurt by his US-China trade war by late August.
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Shaddowbanned agsin i see.
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Those aren’t farmers they are tractor drivers creating toxic food poisoning the earth
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U.S. farmers lost one of their biggest customers after China officially cancelled all purchases of U.S. agricultural products, a retaliatory move following President Donald Trump’s pledge to slap 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports.
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Hey dipshit Share Blue....was Trumps tarriffs also a retaliatory move? You don't mention that....why?

Trump just put tarriffs in place for no reason???
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Tariffs are bad. All countries should eliminate tariffs.
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Once upon a time the US maintained an emergency food stock.

It was once considered an issue of national security that stores of food were maintained in anticipation of hard times...
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No worries Trump is bailing them out with taxpayers money.

You socialist love that kinda politician.

Using your money to fix the problems they caused.
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Tariffs are bad. All countries should eliminate tariffs.
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Says the complete idiot
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08/13/2019 08:26 PM
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Good well tell the farmers to get back to reality and quit living the life of the rich and famous, which a lot of them do.

Don't even get me started, farmers are like Kings around us and always have been. Their kids are spoiled like rotten cheese, and they want for nothing......period.
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Trump is certainly fucking America up
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your mom is ruining charlie sheen's cawk daily
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I hope TRUMP has talked with trade partners about shipping our farmers cash crops to multiple partners around the globe.
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Remote Tractor Drivers that are automated to spew tons of toxic chemicals into out food supplies are not farmers
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Once upon a time the US maintained an emergency food stock.

It was once considered an issue of national security that stores of food were maintained in anticipation of hard times...
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STORE FOOD is big agro business to control prices...

not for emergency or hungry masses
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chinese troll farmer - dont listen to him.
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Soyboys being worked up?

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Yeah I had invested in a some China stocks about the same week that Trump decides to start the China tariffs!!
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Time to diversify, look into growing something else. HEMP mother fuckers! We need good strong nooses for the traitors!

Last Edited by Truth Reaper on 08/13/2019 08:42 PM
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OPs article is FALSE. There are thousands of farm acres around me and none of the farmers are having any problems selling their crops. Even the organic alfalfa farmers who used to sell to China have their bales sold. The demand is still high for all crops.
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Yeah!.......Yeah! Lets fix these trade deals but only if its painless. LOL If it's hard, lets just forget the whole thing!
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Im from a farming community.

Fields are full and ive never seen a "hurting farmer", at least around here.

Hurting i guess would be them not being able to build their new million dollar homes on their farms and not able to buy a new fleet of $100,000 white chevy trucks this year
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