Bad news travels double fast in farm country. This is going to be a shock wave, with futures contracts nosediving. Farmers will feel it immediately.

And with the farm bill ripping price supports and price insurance programs, they are not going to be a very happy lot.

Over ride their most vital concerns, transgenders using bathrooms, guys kissing other guys, school students fighting to keep insane people from shooting up their schools and nfl players taking a knee.

for long term gain. Because they're patriots.

So suck it up, Buckos. This is what you voted for.

Don't forget that. At least Hillary isn't President now. Could you imagine the chaos the government would be in right now if Hillary were President? Thank Dog for Trump.

This came out as financial news, if you notice the CNBC story. It's also in Bloomberg news. CNN reported on the China-soybean problem in April. http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/05/news/economy/soybeans-china-trade-us/index.html

That’s one way to respond to tariffs.

I don't have to buy your stupid soybeans and I don't have to pay your stupid tariffs.

A paraphrase of 'Rump.

Nobody could have predicted this.

It's part of the program to help farmers all over the world.


Do I need a sarcasm tag?

Or Peace in Israel. Or peace in the Koreas

Sell the soybeans to, say Brazil... then buy the soybeans from Brazil...
Done..
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I would suspect that might be a strategy, but based on the story linked on CNBC which links to Bloomberg - China is avoiding purchases from the US period.

I read about some similar action going on. After the Shah of Iran was deposed, Iran had all these F-14 Tomcat fighters. The thing is a great aircraft but parts and maintenance intensive. Iran had a embargo so they just bought the parts on the black market. Paid a bit more but at least they got them..
The same could be done with soybeans or anything else they need but are "tariffed".
Think North Korea getting stuff....
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That may happen down the road. I suspect that there will be many dealers in the US will work like hell to make that happen.

This one could have easily been avoided with just a bit of planning and diplomacy.

We had a lot of suicides and foreclosures back then.

Just another knife cut. Little by little the US is being bled to death on every front.

Probably.

It's all about gunz and 'bortions.

Beware the law of unintended consequences.

Fuck their pain. I hope this hurts so bad they never even consider doing this to their own Country again

I have yet to admit to myself why a majority of the people in Arkansas voted for Trump. I have my theories, none of which I like. However, whatever their intent, it was not for Arkansas agriculture to take a huge hit.

They elected a person with NO plan, NO experience, NO vision, and NO CLUE as to what he's doing.

Gee, how could that possibly be a problem?

I'd have thought there were too many moving parts for it to be easy, but I'm happy I was wrong. All great moves, all on behalf of the American people, and no blowback! Just awesome.

More winning....and winning....and still more winning.

Is anyone tired of winning yet?

I know this sounds fatalistic, but dayum, it "feels" worse than ever.

but brown people.

And the brainwashed cult members will hate the Democratic Party even more. No mention that it’s twitlers fault. These people are so far gone in the cult they are unable to believe facts anymore,

That is the plan, isn't it?

Kill the family farms and sell the remains to big agri-business. Great for Con-Agra!

Will ginsing be next? I know that Mexico is buying corn from Argentina and Brazil. Los sientos Estados Unidos!

I hope this really burns the nasty, in your face trump voters who chanted, "Lock Her Up!"!

A once friend client who married an older man with generational farming tycoon family had trump pence signs all over their thousands of acres. A racist bunch- hated President Obama.

Would love to be a mouse in the corner about now

Trump voters need to learn that consequences exist for their actions.

Having a good crop and no market is no better than a bad crop.

Multinational corporations are often not actually too bothered by things like this.

The article said that Canada was selling beans to China.

And you have branches in both the USA and China.
China stops buying from your American subsidiary, but not your Canadian one.
What are you going to do to move that product?
A: sell them through the Canadian subsidiary via a two step transfer.

Now, if you aren't that big and you only exist in the USA, what are you going to do?
A: Sell them to a Canadian company which then sells to China.

I am so sick of all the winning!

seriously damaging the economies of people voted for him.

wish it were only limited to Trumpsters.
Everyone from the farmer to the banker to the grocer to the implement dealer to schools and county services will suffer.

Maybe they won't be so quick to believe the empty promises of a Republican again. the country is going though an enormous "correction" and it will be painful for a while.

and I fear this may be a rerun. That to say that they didn't exactly learn from that one. IIRC that one was fomented by another Republican.

And those groups never stopped voting Republican. Besides, recent research seems to indicate that Trump voters are more driven by race than economics. Amazing, isn't it? They would vote against their own interests because of fear of something that doesn't exist.

But maybe you are right. I sure hope you are.

For the sake of our country.

as they gobble up the farms that go bankrupt. Our food supply will be under complete control of the 1% - even more than now. Frightening!

with trump's immigration stance they won't have anyone to pick their crop for them anyhow. They won't have to worry about who will pick the crops they can't sell.

I'd even say this is a win-win for them. Are they bored with winning, yet?

it is almost spooky to see acres and acres of corn and soybeans in exactly straight rows with each stalk or plant that grows to the exact same height, each with the exact sam space between plants.

Most certainly, a good share is warranted. We are Democrats, and clearly see a problem here. Like, DUH. Right?

But is our party extinct? What the hell is our party's position and response to this? I'm frustrated that we seem to have NOBODY who can get out in front and speak to these matters. Not a fucking peep. RADIO SILENCE.

This is a situation that MAKES ads for our side. But crickets.

We need an organization that works for and aggressively PROMOTES our principles. Increasingly, the public doesn't even know us.

they need a little time.