[bigbob]

First, farmers are well accustomed to “playing the long game”...it’s what they do every year, knowing that many factors beyond their control can and will affect their profitability. We’ve gone through 30+ years of shakeout and those who are left in agribusiness are those who are smart and understand risk and uncertainty, and have the ability to survive it.

Secondly, they know something most people tend to forget: China needs our agricultural products more than we need anything from them. New iPhones are nice but you can’t eat them. Pork, wheat (for noodles), and soy are mainstays of the Asian diet and there’s a finite production capacity in the world - you can’t just start planting soybeans in a desert or rainforest.

They also understand this is a fight to preserve what the USA stands for, and a fight to protect the independent future of their kids and grandkids. There will be hardships but we will prevail.

[vpintheak]

Amen! Salt of the earth, farmers are.
When the economy is bad, people still have to eat.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You need to include into the equalization that China is losing what farm land it has to the advance of the Gobi and their own stupid waste dumping policies.