Farmers Struggle to Find Workers Amid Trump's Economic Policies
Growers face projected losses of more than $31 billion this year as fertilizer, diesel and labor costs rise, according to industry and university estimates.
- Farmers struggle to find workers as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdowns and tariff policies squeeze the agricultural sector, compounding financial pressures across rural America.
- Trump's war with Iran, launched in February, collides with an unresolved trade war and punishing Midwest drought, upending farm production costs six months into the conflict.
- A study by the American Farm Bureau Federation found growers of nine principal row crops face losses of more than $31 billion this year and $32 billion in 2027, marking six straight years of losses.
- Republican Sen. Thom Tillis warned with 71 days until midterms that "we don't have a positive message to sell farm country," while Sen. Tim Sheehy criticized waived tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of imported beef.
- Agricultural economist Andrew Muhammad called federal aid "a Band-Aid," while Pam Johnson, former president of the National Corn Growers Association, projected farmers "aren't going to make any money for the next two years.
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American farmers are being hit hard by an international grain crisis. Explosively rising costs are bringing grain producers to the brink of collapse. "We are absolutely going to feel that in our food prices as well," says Freek Vossenaar, food & agro analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
Panicked farmers engulfed in 'crisis' as they stare down years of pain due to Trump
American farmers are bracing for two years of pain as fallout from President Donald Trump's war with Iran collides with an unresolved trade war and a punishing Midwest drought, six months into a conflict that has upended the cost of running a farm.A study by the American Farm Bureau Federation found growers of the nation's nine principal row crops are on track to lose more than $31 billion this year and $32 billion in 2027 – which would mark the…
Is Farm Country About to Turn on Trump?
The Financial Times reported Tuesday that farmers in America’s Corn Belt region are facing their toughest economic crisis in 40 years. Last month, the American Farm Bureau Federation, an industry group, projected that without government intervention, farmers growing nine principal crops will face $32 billion in losses in 2027, after losing an estimated $31 billion in 2026. “This is the worst financial downturn in the sector since the 1980s,” Joh…
The consequences of the Iran war are affecting increasingly large parts of the US population. High commodity prices fuel inflation and political anger for Donald Trump.
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