Farmers’ loyalty to Trump is about to be tested

Photo: Farmers for Trump banner – September 11, 2024. Photo credit: Oleg Yunakov via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0 (image resized). Article by Daniel Desrochers and Grace Yarrow. Politico – September 10, 2025.

Farmers across the country are looking at record yields during their fall harvest. They may have nowhere to sell them. As a result of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, crop farmers have lost a significant export market, driving down the price of top U.S. crops like soybeans and corn, even as Trump’s tariffs drive up the cost of farm equipment and fertilizer. […]

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