Arkansas on the verge of agricultural disaster - Talk Business & Politics
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One in three or more farms in Arkansas could be shuttered by next spring if the federal government doesn’t provide some type of supplemental assistance to farmers this fall, Agriculture...

“The ongoing shuffle of the global trade markets has disproportionately impacted farmers, and that’s why the organization is seeking measures that will funnel tariff dollars into a farmer supplemental program, Grobmyer said. Even if trade negotiations are finalized soon, it won’t be in time to help farmers with this year’s crop, Mencer added.”

They also don’t quite seem to understand why Brazil is buying equipment and products from China rather than the US:

"About 70% of commodities grown in Brazil go to China. This allows the Chinese to coerce farmers there to buy equipment and products from Chinese vendors, Grobmyer added. "

  • LostWanderer@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    LOL They foolishly voted for Trump, so this is what they deserve…Oh well, it was always going to go down like this because Republicans/MAGA Simps are a functioning nation’s doom.

  • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Yes. Of course. The Chinese are “coercing” farmers to pay less for superior equipment.

    That’s what’s happening for sure.

    Fucking Hell are Americans getting delusional.

    • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 month ago

      superior equipment.

      Yeah, no. My family owns an orchard up here in Canada, and we have a few pieces of Chinese equipment. A Foton tractor, AGT skid steer and excavator, and so on.

      We also own a Holder (German vineyard tractor) and two Kubota tractors.

      The Chinese stuff is absolute dogshit, front to back, side to side, top to bottom.

      The key difference is that it is stupidly cheap. And so, on a per-dollar-spent basis, it ends up being worthwhile to get Chinese equipment to do infrequent work. Which is OK, because on a running-hour basis the Chinese crap also needs twice the maintenance and repairs just to stay up and running. It really does break down so damn easily. So to get the crappy stuff for infrequent work tends to work out.

      Meanwhile, the Holder put in sixty solid years of reliable and minimally-maintained work until the oil pump drive shaft snapped. Its running-hour meter had only four digits, which it rolled over at least twice, for a minimum average of 300 hours of running time a year. Honestly, we would be lucky to get 10% as much work out of the Chinese equipment before we haul it off to the wrecker.

  • Tenderizer@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “About 70% of commodities grown in Brazil go to China. This allows the Chinese to coerce farmers there to buy equipment and products from Chinese vendors, Grobmyer added.”

    What?

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      1 month ago

      coerce

      these numbnuts, think china is "forcing " them to sell it to them, no they are buying it because its cheaper and has no tariff bs.