More pain for US farmers as government shutdown halts payments

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter and Julie Ingwersen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal government shutdown that began Wednesday will halt some payments to farmers and delay access to federal farm loans, the latest blow for producers already facing low crop prices, record-high debts and a trade war at the height of the fall harvest.

The shutdown began at midnight after Republican and Democratic lawmakers could not agree on a plan to fund federal government operations. It will last until one party gets enough votes for its funding plan.

On Wednesday, the scope of the shutdown's potential impact to U.S. farmers was beginning to emerge. Even short interruptions in payments could deepen farmers' economic turmoil.

"It costs money to run those combines," said Chad Hart, agricultural economist with Iowa State University.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/more-pain-us-farmers-government-220815862.html

[UpInArms]

1. I truly wish I could find more sympathy for them

But, all I can say to them is:

How is that TFG support and your votes working out for you?

[Grins]

2. And they will blame Democrats.

Think I’m wrong?

[Midnight Writer]

4. Hope someone reminds them that under the four years under Biden we did not have a single government shutdown.

And that under Trump's last term we had three.

Republicans now control all branches of government. They are shooting their mouths off about how great it is to cut jobs and healthcare while giving trillions in tax breaks to the very richest among us.

If our Democratic politicians can't stick the blame on Republicans for this fiasco, then they should find another line of work.

[Prairie Gates]

3. Oh dang

Guess they rely on the big bad government after all.

[RockRaven]

5. They are getting EXACTLY what they voted for.

Well, 4 out of 5. Wouldn't want to overgeneralize. "Not all farmers!"

[in2herbs]

6. Even if the farmers got their loans who is going to pick their crops because the crop pickers

are being deported because they (farmers) voted for f45!

What dumb f's.

[republianmushroom]

7. Farmers remember.

More pain for US farmers as government shutdown halts payments

Quote of the day
“If there is a shutdown I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He’s the one who has to get people together.” — Donald Trump, interview with Meredith Vieira, NBC’s Today, April 7, 2011.

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