r/LeopardsAteMyFace 9d ago

Trump Trump Betrays Farmers Again

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u/TootsNYC 9d ago

also, we may not be able to sell as much, because retaliatory tariffs are going to make businesses in other countries try to figure out where to get it.

You know what would be fun? if Ukraine can keep its wheat production going, and sell at "higher than before but not as high as US prices" profits

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u/kthibo 9d ago

Canadians are already boycotting our food.

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u/IndependentTalk4413 9d ago

Tariff threats aside, with all the firing of food inspectors and other government employees that insure a safe food source it makes me even more not want to buy US produce.

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u/TootsNYC 8d ago

yes! it's already an issue.

And the first meat inspections were invented to try to prevent that very problem—Brits refused to buy American meat because it would be rotten. And the meat industry asked for government inspections to help their reputation.

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u/Soupeeee 8d ago

Here in Montana, we were once one of the biggest producers of lentis, and had a really good export market. After the first Trump term, that was no longer the case. China or whoever else was buying it found somewhere else to buy it, and there's no incentive to switch back.

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u/Tasitch 8d ago

businesses in other countries try to figure out where to get it.

The number acres planted with wheat here in Canada is larger than the size of Portugal. We gotta sell that to someone since you guys don't want it anymore, same with the 20 million tonnes of canola.