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  • Trump’s ‘great patriot’ farmers follow him into a trade war [barf alert]

    05/19/2019 11:15:33 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 18 replies
    Associated Press ^ | May 19, 2019 | Sara Burnett and Scott McFetridge
    Iowa farmer Tim Bardole survived years of low crop prices and rising costs by cutting back on fertilizer and herbicides and fixing broken-down equipment rather than buying new. When President Donald Trump’s trade war with China made a miserable situation worse, Bardole used up any equity his operation had and started investing in hogs in hopes they’ll do better than crops. A year later, the dispute is still raging and soybeans hit a 10-year-low. But Bardole says he supports his president more today than he did when he cast a ballot for Trump in 2016, skeptical he would follow through...