Posted on 07/21/2025 10:38:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Would you look at that? Trump's tariffs are having their intended impact for American businesses. At least for now.
In Alabama, farmers are showing their gratitude for President Trump's tariffs which are making business boom in the produce world.
It's only been two days now and we've actually had a lot more calls of people having interest in doing business and the price hasn't even changed.
So, this leveling the playing field with international trade actually ... levels the playing field? A 17% tariff was all it took??
From NBC 13 in Birmingham:
Many are concerned this will mean higher prices on tomatoes and products like salsa made from tomatoes. [Blake] Thaxton [the Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association] said when you consider U.S. farmers pay their workers 10 times more per hour than workers in Mexico make, there may be a price increase, but he doesn't think it'll be a huge jump ...
Thaxton said, 'Food security is national security, and we need to be able to produce our own food here in the United States.'
This is such a salient point: America doesn't need to rely on other countries' food.
The food business is all about high volume at low margins.
food that is grown in foreign countries is a security threat.
My tomato plants are doing great and consist of Cherokee Purple, Solar Flare, Heatwave, Early Girl and Celebrity, with staggered plantings, I should be able to ride this out for quite a while.
How come I didn’t see that on the evening news? < /s>
Why do we spell it “tomatoes” and “potatoes” but “avocados” and “tuxedos”? I worry about these things.
When I picked my Maters this morning I got 7 baseball sized and a bunch of cherry tomatoes.
The evening news would never have any good news about Alabama, let alone a success story coming from a Trump policy.
I don’t knoe................
Excellent! Thank you President Trump!
Del Monte brand recently filed for bankruptcy. Longtime producer of tomato based products. Maybe these tariffs can help them reorganize back to greater profitability again.
Some words are derived from old English spellings, especially foods from the old English-speaking world (i.e. potatoes). Some are basically transplanted words from Spanish, especially foods from central and South America (i.e. avocados).
Hopefully they taste like actual tomatoes. The tomatoes from Mexico are just fodder with zero flavor.
Sure they do. All it took was for us to pay a 17% increase in prices to support them. Nope, no inflation in that move.
The who will pick our crops?
ROBOTS
The ONLY lettuce I now buy comes from a greenhouse operation here in NH. From the time it is planted to harvest it is never touched by human hands. It is entirely grown in an automated greenhouse about an hour north of my house.
https://www.brightfarms.com/farms/
These places will eventually be in almost every region. To be able to ship fresh lettuce and other produce to your local grocery store.
MSN or Yahoo (can’t remember) had an article this week that said Florida tomato growers were plowing thier tom crops under because of the tarrifs.
She grows Ivans which are so popular that she has customers pre-ordering them.
She also sells to a couple of fancy local restaurants.
This will make her very happy.
Next year put out Black Beauty and Dark Star for a real treat. Two Tasty is fantastic, but you’ll need a cattle panel trellis for that one.
Lol
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