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U.S. farmers face $31 billion in losses as Iran war drives diesel and fertilizer costs up
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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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T00l_shed lemmy.world T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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Thanks, Obama

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echo lemmy.today echo@lemmy.today
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#3 · Quote Reply

They voted for this...

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pageflight piefed.social pageflight@piefed.social
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#4 · Quote Reply

They voted for this...

A clear case of
broken

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DioramaOfShit lemmy.world DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-18
#5 · Quote Reply

Thats okay. Government bailout per usual

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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NaibofTabr infosec.pub NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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#7 · Quote Reply

They voted for this...

Yeah, great, I'm sure that'll be comforting for everyone who didn't vote for it, when they can't afford to buy the small amount of food that gets produced.

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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-15
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They’re killing off all but the largest farmers to consolidate land under fewer people.

And, yes, if you can make a living at farming you’re pretty wealthy.

But this is land going from a million millionaires to a dozen billionaires and that’s not good.

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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
#9 · Quote Reply

Thats okay. Government bailout per usual

One of these days there won’t be a bail out and everything will just catch fire and the whole country will die.

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switcheroo lemmy.world switcheroo@lemmy.world
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#10 · Quote Reply

And they'll do it again.

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BeardededSquidward lemmy.blahaj.zone BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-04
#11 · Quote Reply

After watching Farming While Beige and reading into farmers, yeah nah, they'll be fine.

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Prairie_Madness lemmy.world Prairie_Madness@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-10
#12 · Quote Reply

But hey, they got to wear a special red hat and own the libs

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BoofStroke sh.itjust.works knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-12-20
#13 · Quote Reply

And they'll be bailed out and subsidized as always. Farmers are the richest poor people you'll ever meet.

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AlteredEgo lemmy.ml AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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The USA is loosing like 65 farms a day since 2017. It's a cultural genocide.

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obviouspornalt fedinsfw.app obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app
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y'all are looking at this the wrong way. the oil and oil shipping industry is looking an additional $31B in profit for no additional investment! Winning!

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krashmo lemmy.world krashmo@lemmy.world
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The USA is loosing like 65 farms a day since 2017. It's a cultural genocide.

This is two comment sections in a row where I've seen you use that word for no apparent reason. Give your yap a rest from the genocide talk.

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ulkesh piefed.social ulkesh@piefed.social
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#17 · Quote Reply

And this is the find out part of fucking around. Morons.

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AlteredEgo lemmy.ml AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-01-26
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This is two comment sections in a row where I've seen you use that word for no apparent reason. Give your yap a rest from the genocide talk.

I learned it from watching you

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krashmo lemmy.world krashmo@lemmy.world
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#19 · Quote Reply

I learned it from watching you

Huh

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SW42 lemmy.world SW42@lemmy.world
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#20 · Quote Reply

Thanks, Obama

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NauticalNoodle lemmy.ml NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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#21 · Quote Reply

There are worse things than being asset-rich, cash-poor.

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SaharaMaleikuhm feddit.org SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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Yeah, great, I'm sure that'll be comforting for everyone who didn't vote for it, when they can't afford to buy the small amount of food that gets produced.

Eat the rich instead

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im_fine_sandy nord.pub im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-08-05
#23 · Quote Reply

Thats okay. Government bailout per usual

Actually the bond market is showing signs that the US really cant afford to bail out much of anything.

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VieuxQueb lemmy.ca VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca
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#24 · Quote Reply

y'all are looking at this the wrong way. the oil and oil shipping industry is looking an additional $31B in profit for no additional investment! Winning!

Aren't you getting tired of winning so much !

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VieuxQueb lemmy.ca VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca
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#25 · Quote Reply

And they'll be bailed out and subsidized as always. Farmers are the richest poor people you'll ever meet.

The billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.

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VieuxQueb lemmy.ca VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca
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#26 · Quote Reply

The billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.

And then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It's a win/win for the billionaires.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#27 · Quote Reply

A clear case of

we call this the mendozas. but you gotta get the hand motions in and everything

NSFJ (Not Safe For Jasons)

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
#28 · Quote Reply

Actually the bond market is showing signs that the US really cant afford to bail out much of anything.

Not how fiat currency works.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#29 · (edited) Quote Reply

Eat the rich instead

that's a very comfortable thing to say with a full fridge. let them eat the rich.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#30 · Quote Reply

But hey, they got to wear a special red hat and own the libs

i wonder if this similarity will be enough to dissuade half of their membership

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im_fine_sandy nord.pub im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-08-05
#31 · Quote Reply

Not how fiat currency works.

Oh yeah, because currency is just numbers on a computer right? Why bother with these pesky bonds and yield rates at all. Just fire anyone who says you can't spend your way out of bad headlines.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
#32 · (edited) Quote Reply

Oh yeah, because currency is just numbers on a computer right? Why bother with these pesky bonds and yield rates at all. Just fire anyone who says you can't spend your way out of bad headlines.

Haha, yes, unironically.

https://jacobin.com/2026/09/bond-markets-securities-interest-treasury-fed

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im_fine_sandy nord.pub im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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#33 · Quote Reply

Haha, yes, unironically. https://jacobin.com/2026/09/bond-markets-securities-interest-treasury-fed

Spare me the tech-bro finance.

Yes the fed does set yield rates but there are grave consequences to unreasonable manipulations - it's the antithesis of the role of the central bank.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
#34 · Quote Reply

Spare me the tech-bro finance. Yes the fed does set yield rates but there are grave consequences to unreasonable manipulations - it's the antithesis of the role of the central bank.

“Tech-bro finance”?!

Stephanie Kelton, a leading economist who teaches MMT, couldn’t be any further from tech bros.

You just don’t understand money. 😄

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RememberTheApollo_ lemmy.world RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-26
#35 · Quote Reply

y'all are looking at this the wrong way. the oil and oil shipping industry is looking an additional $31B in profit for no additional investment! Winning!

Social media is full of idiots that think:

Oil companies have some kind of loyalty to the US and that’s why (whatever marginally lower gas price where they live is the way it is despite it still being 30% higher than a year ago and they ignore their power bill) or they should “just lower prices.”

Flock cams are simultaneously good for keeping an eye on the “usual suspects” while they also claim the corporations running them are beholden to the 4th amendment and cannot be used against the white person talking about it.

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im_fine_sandy nord.pub im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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#36 · Quote Reply

“Tech-bro finance”?! Stephanie Kelton, a leading economist who teaches MMT, couldn’t be any further from tech bros. You just don’t understand money. 😄

That's contrary to the consensus.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
#37 · (edited) Quote Reply

That's contrary to the consensus.

Do you still believe in the loanable funds theory? And the tooth fairy?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#A_Hundred_Authors_Against_Einstein

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im_fine_sandy nord.pub im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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#38 · Quote Reply

Do you still believe in the loanable funds theory? And the tooth fairy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#A_Hundred_Authors_Against_Einstein

I believe in the consensus opinion of experts.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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#39 · Quote Reply

I believe in the consensus opinion of experts.

I’m sure that’s much easier than figuring out what’s true and what isn’t.

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im_fine_sandy nord.pub im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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#40 · Quote Reply

I’m sure that’s much easier than figuring out what’s true and what isn’t.

Most people, including myself, can acknowledge that we are not experts on everything, and therefore rely on the opinion of people who are experts in a given field.

Figuring out "whats true and what isn't" requires you to be come an expert.

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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
#41 · Quote Reply

have to start importing Chinese Zoomlion HEV farm equipment and use some electric power!

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BoofStroke sh.itjust.works knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-12-20
#42 · Quote Reply

And then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It's a win/win for the billionaires.

We don't need more food. Farmers are subsidized to throw things away. We grow corn to add to gasoline.

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captain_oni lemmy.blahaj.zone captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#43 · Quote Reply

After watching Farming While Beige and reading into farmers, yeah nah, they'll be fine.

"Yeah, that's right"

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