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PearliePoo2

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7. China (and others) will be buying soybeans from South America and Canada.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jul 2, 2018, 01:36 PM

Jul 2018

Once the new sources are established, they're not likely to ever return to the Midwest.

The same will be happening with pork, corn, fruit and wheat.

I read where soybean prices are already plummeting. The farmers are screwed and many will lose everything.

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