• JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    How about you grow stuff Americans want, rather than what the govt will buy and give away overseas ?

    You know - like Trump suggested.

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      3 days ago

      This statement shows that you don’t understand much about modern, mechanical farming.

      It’s a lot of expensive equipment specialized for picking & packing the crop you are harvesting. One of my vendor’s combines are $500k to start & it only picks cotton.

      This makes it very difficult & expensive to just change crops on a whim. Not to mention, you can only grow what your soil & climate will actually grow. Soybeans are wonderful for nitrogen fixation so it’s pretty common to grow between other crops.

      • jj4211@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Well obviously the tariffs will make all that equipment he would need cheaper. That’s how tariffs work, right? I am assured that Trump is playing 4D chess, so that has to be the way…

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          2 days ago

          As far as I can tell via a quick search, John Deere combines are mostly made in the USA. I doubt they will be getting any cheaper.

      • plantmoretrees@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        Exactly, here in Nebraska (Blue Dot Representing!) the farmers alternate soy beans and corn so the soil stays fertile. The leave the corn stalks from one season and over plant soy the next, then the following season till in the soy plant remains and start again.

      • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        If these welfare queens can’t make anything people want then no matter - there’s a million people lined up ready to take their job.

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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          2 days ago

          Turning hateful terms back on the people who originated them doesn’t protect innocent bystanders from that hate. Please stop.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        shitler only likes winners and hates losers. those shitler supporting farmers need to stop bitching and get back to work. “America” can’t win if these assholes keep losing the game for their divine shitler.

        after all, they voted for this.