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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey were all too happy to vote for him when they thought he was going to hurt OTHERS.
Basically, theyre buying from everyone else but us (soybeans are our 2nd largest crop, China was our #1 buyer)
China Buys Record Amount of Russian Soy as It Shuns U.S. Growers
By Anatoly Medetsky
May 17, 2018, 5:19 AM PDT
Purchases almost tripled so far this season amid trade spat
Russia far east planting may rise in 2 to 3 years: Ikar
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/china-buys-record-amount-of-russian-soy-as-it-shuns-u-s-growers
Link to tweet
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/388178-china-buys-record-amount-of-russian-soybeans-amid-halt-on-us-imports
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They were all too happy to vote for him when they thought he was going to hurt OTHERS. (Original Post)
kpete
May 2018
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Ilsa
(61,690 posts)1. That's going to hurt.
I have wondered if trump is trying to drive the small farmers out of business. Bankrupt them. Make them sell out to big agribusiness.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)6. There are no real small farmers showing beans.
Because small row crop farms do not make sense.
But most most corporate farms are really family farms. They incorporate for the same reason your locally owned hardware does. They are not stupid.
If the go out of business their neighbors will buy their land and add it to their family owned corporate farm.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)2. Well it is every Amwercan's duty to eat
tofu!
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)3. I feel sorry for the ones who didn't vote for him
All the rest can go screw themselves.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)4. They are targeting down to the congressional district their boycotts. China is having fun with the
American idiot and his grandiose demands
2 of his peeps having a shout out in Beijing this week shows them how classy his envoys are
yonder
(9,657 posts)5. I'm curious as to how this will be spun
to be Hillary's or Obama's fault.