WaPo explains just how severely Trump has screwed American farmers [View all]

The original WaPo article (behind the paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/trump-farmers-grants-freeze-usda-migrants/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f005

The Raw Story link: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-farmers-2672410822/

In a deep dive focusing on one farmer who voted for Trump, 36-year-old J.J. Ficke of Kirk, Colorado, the Washington Post is reporting that he along with other farmers are facing possible ruination now that the round-up of immigrants have begun in earnest and promised helpis uncertain.

"The federal government had promised JJ a $200,000 grant, spread across two years, to cover the cost of a seasonal farmhand from Latin America. In a place where local, legal help was nearly impossible to keep