They aint feeling real good now. And i know lots of farmers. Both in the Dairy Industry as well as tge grain.
Last time a president instituted tarrifs like Trump did was Benjamin Harrison. The result was a collapse of the farm community and extreme individual hardship at the common level.
Grover Cleveland got blamed for the worst depression other than the great depression which resulted in Clevelands party failed to see any majority till about 1910.
Now that it is late, Trump is trying to put lipstick on a pig. Its still a pig.
Kansas wheat production is going to be down about 38% this year.
Corn production will be down because of the added cost of fuel and fertilizer caused by Trumps war in the mid east on behalf of Israel. There wont be 200 bushel corn this year on many farms.
Produce has, and will suffer because of lack of irrigation in the southwest. Quality is already down.
Another cause of produce problems is the wild eyed maniacal raids on produce farms by ICE chasing off labor.
Result is...people will start to go hungry. And when that happens, it wont be real safe in areas in this country.
This next year will be amusing to watch.
“The government has issued about 420,000 H-2A visas for agricultural workers every year since 2023, which amounts to about half of the 812,000 agricultural worker jobs. They are concentrated in states that grow fruits and vegetables as opposed to grains, which are increasingly planted and harvested using machines. The government expects an additional 119,000 visas to be issued under the new rule.”
https://stateline.org/2025/11/21/trump-allows-more-foreign-ag-workers-eases-off-ice-raids-on-farms/
“In June, ICE raided a dairy farm in New Mexico”
“a July raid on a California marijuana grower”
“[November] ICE agents descended on an onion farm in Northern California, arresting four immigrants on charges of illegally selling farmworker visas”
https://stateline.org/2025/11/21/trump-allows-more-foreign-ag-workers-eases-off-ice-raids-on-farms/
End of the agricultural industry! /s
Import tariffs help farmers and manufacturers. That is basic economics.