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Wellstone ruled

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1. Question,was not 2008 a boom year

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:22 PM

May 2019

for Midwest Ag? So the comparison if so,is a bit skewed. And yes,the farm BK's will go off the charts next year. Ton's of operator's appeared to mortgage their operations to the Max in order to make a crop this year believing the Markets will turn by September.

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Farmers in Midwest filing for bankruptcy at record rates as a result of President Trump's trade war [View all] Vinnie From Indy May 2019 OP

Question,was not 2008 a boom year Wellstone ruled May 2019 #1

And yet I suspect many of them will still vote for Republicans because they hate Democrats. LonePirate May 2019 #2

Yep. Probably MOST of them Freethinker65 May 2019 #3

because..like all of our GOP friends who stop and chat with us in grocery stores... samnsara May 2019 #4

True. Xolodno May 2019 #13

I have heard that support is cracking GeoWilliam750 May 2019 #14

Yep. The Posse Comitatus group was formed because of this mindset, it happened BEFORE! ck4829 May 2019 #30

And big farm corporations Andy823 May 2019 #5

Correct Trenzalore May 2019 #8

+! struggle4progress May 2019 #16

The only farms growing in the US are those under 50 acres or over 2000 acres NickB79 May 2019 #21

I'm sorry but that's not possible. Our presidolt said so. OregonBlue May 2019 #6

Farmers in our area are still reeling from having to leave a lot of their crops to rot last year... llmart May 2019 #7

It is hard to explain to people how Peacetrain May 2019 #9

Too bad they couldn't hold on until the subsidy bailout began. Baitball Blogger May 2019 #10

They have already received subsidies for last year's crops. nt DURHAM D May 2019 #15

The subsidies go to the megafarms NickB79 May 2019 #22

The cynical part of me thinks this is planned Trenzalore May 2019 #11

+! struggle4progress May 2019 #17

Of course this is planned, watoos May 2019 #28

Voted 90+% for Trump in western Kansas........... Bengus81 May 2019 #12

Yup!! Thekaspervote May 2019 #18

They were played by Trump who convinced them Hillary Clinton... hunter May 2019 #19

I spent WAY too much time in Nebraska, and feel qualified to say, as a former resident Maru Kitteh May 2019 #20

Good. wellst0nev0ter May 2019 #23

It's ok he is building a wall and making farmers great again . Gave them hats that said so lunasun May 2019 #24

You are not providing any links. former9thward May 2019 #25

Obviously, they didn't listen to Tom Cotton still_one May 2019 #26

Farmers pamdb May 2019 #27

Shown the way to bankruptcy by he who is the master. Totally Tunsie May 2019 #29