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farmbo

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28. Dried Distillers Grain from corn ethanol plants

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 08:12 AM

Oct 2018

...will fill a lot of that market.
But gwad... the soybean growers worked their aces off for 30 years to gain access to Chinese markets, and Trump has destroyed that market overnight.

But as farmers certainly know... you reap what you sow.

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China wants to stop buying American soybeans entirely [View all] DonViejo Oct 2018 OP

Jeeze, they import their hog feed?? 7962 Oct 2018 #1

Exports of food stuffs above our needs feed a lot of people around the world. marble falls Oct 2018 #7

Well, yeah, PEOPLE, I just didnt expect HOGS too. 7962 Oct 2018 #15

Beans don't weigh much and just like in the US, the Chinese gov't subsidizes ... marble falls Oct 2018 #16

You'd have to freeze the pork to get it to China from the major soybean producing countries muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #18

I could see Japan, being so small. But I would think China could produce enough. 7962 Oct 2018 #19

They have 1.4 billion people muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #23

Trump's Bailout to US Farmers Hurt by His Tariffs is Nothing but Pure Socialism dlk Oct 2018 #2

My Louisiana neighbors Roy Rolling Oct 2018 #3

lol and when the market corrects then what will they say? Obama's fault? beachbum bob Oct 2018 #4

It's been happening all month - S&P 500 has given back all of the gains in 2018. spooky3 Oct 2018 #20

And, it's a market system that screws them at every turn. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #9

Don't worry... it's all part of Susan Sarandon's "REVOLUTION". NurseJackie Oct 2018 #5

Corn, supplemented with amino acids is the standard alternative to soy GeoWilliam750 Oct 2018 #6

Soy is used as a rotation crop by many farmers BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #8

GOOD LUCK WISCONSIN SOY BEAN FARMERS. THE JOKE IS ON YOU. MAGA Firestorm49 Oct 2018 #10

And...Kansas farmers will STILL vote for Trump and Republicans............ Bengus81 Oct 2018 #11

I guess we will have to put soybeans in our gasoline RainCaster Oct 2018 #12

I am in favor of eliminating all farm subsidies. roamer65 Oct 2018 #13

You're then in favor of a single potato costing $1.75. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #14

No matter what, someone is paying for that $1.75 potato. marble falls Oct 2018 #17

You're right. Most folks understand that. Most. 7962 Oct 2018 #21

but Trump said recently that the Chinese started buying all the soybeans again RussBLib Oct 2018 #22

Students Too modrepub Oct 2018 #24

Texas here, couple years ago 800 'private' (for profitable international students) schools here. Sunlei Oct 2018 #26

china has the land mass & soybeans easy to grow-grow animal feed next to their mega-'farms. Sunlei Oct 2018 #25

Thanks a pantload, republicans Achilleaze Oct 2018 #27

Dried Distillers Grain from corn ethanol plants farmbo Oct 2018 #28