“The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply.” ...
“It’s really, really getting bad out here. There’s no incentive to keep farming, except that I’ve invested everything I have in farming, and it’s hard to walk away.” After President Trump announced new rounds of ...
“Will it cover the losses? No. But it makes enough of a difference to keep a lot of farmers so they can survive.” President Trump announced a $16 billion farm aid package to compensate for ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study revealing that American farmers are committing suicide at rates significantly above the average population. The data showed that the suicide rate among farmers ...
Trump wants to repeal the estate tax and he’s using farmers to drum up support. (Inequality.org, Chuck Collins) Kip Tom, the Leesburg Indiana farmer who will stand today with President Trump complaining about the federal ...