Economy Farmers filing for bankruptcy.

[fingercuffs]

I said months ago that so many depend on USAID for their income, we all know what has happened even domestically cutting food bank budgets letting food persish in Houston that had been accounted for just to be cruel, but literally here we go. Plenty of (sadly) farmers are regretting their vote now and I'm not even remotely FAFO for people wanting to protect their businesses. It's truly fucking sad, and we're only half way through the year.

“We’ve had 259 filings in the United States so far this year,” Loy said. “And that’s just through the first quarter of this year.”

“We’ve already beat last year in terms of national filings,” he said. “Once you see this on a national level, it’s a clear sign that financial pressures that we saw before in the 2018 and ‘19 are kind of re-emerging.”

https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/2025/07/15/farm-bankruptcies-2/

 

[heloder]

Farmers in 2024:

FUCK BIDEN! Make America Great Again!

Farmers in 2025:

Don't pity these people. Trump fucked them over during his first term, and the morons still voted for him again. Now they can reap what they sowed.

 

[Sweater of AV]

*Farmers filing for winning

I genuinely wish them the best and hope they can land on their feet. I also hope they learned their lesson.

 

[fingercuffs]

Farmers in 2024:

FUCK BIDEN! Make America Great Again!

Farmers in 2025:

Don't pity these people. Trump fucked them over during his first term, and the morons still voted for him again. Now they can reap what they sowed.

Okay, can we pity their children who didn't vote for him at least?

 

[heloder]

Okay, can we pity their children who didn't vote for him at least?

 

[Mr Holmes]

The article makes no mention of USAID.

 

[Daverisimo]

Farmers in 2024:

FUCK BIDEN! Make America Great Again!

Farmers in 2025:

Don't pity these people. Trump fucked them over during his first term, and the morons still voted for him again. Now they can reap what they sowed.

I mean, pity is one thing, a begrudging acknowledgement of their necessity is another. Yeah, they were duped by an obvious conman, and I get the temptation to dunk on them, but they're still needed. Let's not block their offramp by going too hard.

 

[Lycandroid]

When in the last 20 years haven't farmers been getting fucked by the government ?

What does this have to do with USAID ?

 

[fingercuffs]

The article makes no mention of USAID.

When in the last 20 years haven't farmers been getting fucked by the government ?

What does this have to do with USAID ?

I didn't say it did, but farmers depended on USAID for a heap of their income. Do you think it just popped out of thin air and we sent it off in balloons?

 

[fingercuffs]

But nice one for belittling the fact our farmers are going out of business in their droves. Bravo.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

The article makes no mention of USAID.

USAID sources food aid directly from American farmers
When USAID provides food aid to people in need, we source 41% of that food directly from American farmers ‒ approximately $2 billion in food aid purchased from American farms in states across the country: everything from wheat from Kansas, soybean oil from Iowa to peanut products from Georgia.

USAID's foreign aid comes from US farms. Now $450 million of food is left to rot. | Opinion

As the leader of the USAID humanitarian assistance for three years, I'm no stranger to the vital impact that USAID has on the lives of Americans.

www.usatoday.com

@Whippy McGee

 

[fingercuffs]

USAID sources food aid directly from American farmers
When USAID provides food aid to people in need, we source 41% of that food directly from American farmers ‒ approximately $2 billion in food aid purchased from American farms in states across the country: everything from wheat from Kansas, soybean oil from Iowa to peanut products from Georgia.

USAID's foreign aid comes from US farms. Now $450 million of food is left to rot. | Opinion

As the leader of the USAID humanitarian assistance for three years, I'm no stranger to the vital impact that USAID has on the lives of Americans.

www.usatoday.com

@Whippy McGee

They'll likely not bother responding to you either.

It's literally crippling us how unaware people are.

Why don't they care?

 

[fingercuffs]

When in the last 20 years haven't farmers been getting fucked by the government ?

What does this have to do with USAID ?

Fuck me. Give me a stat about the amount of farmers going out of business in the last 3 months compared to 20 years.

 

[Lycandroid]

Fuck me. Give me a stat about the amount of farmers going out of business in the last 3 months compared to 20 years.

There isn't much data on that but it seems like today farmers are doing quite a bit better than years previous. In the last 20 years, more than 11 million acres of US farmland have been converted, fragmented or paved over by development projects, according to a new report by the American Farmland Trust. Farmland loss near metro areas continues to be a problem across the US.

Number of U.S. farms continues slow decline | Economic Research Service

The number of farms in the United States continued its yearslong decline in 2024, reaching 1.88 million, the lowest in more than a century. After peaking at 6.81 million farms in 1935, the number of U.S. farms dropped sharply through the early 1970s and then began a slower decline. The most...

www.ers.usda.gov

'They're Trying to Wipe Us Off the Map.' Why Independent Farming in America Is Close to Extinction

A perfect storm of factors has lead to the biggest crisis for American farmers in decades.

time.com

Farm Sector Income & Finances - Farm Sector Income Forecast | Economic Research Service

www.ers.usda.gov

The biggest issue though is not funding or regulations is selling off land to hedge funds, billionaires, and foreign investors, threatening food security and rural economies.

 

[fingercuffs]

There isn't much data on that but it seems like today farmers are doing quite a bit better than years previous. In the last 20 years, more than 11 million acres of US farmland have been converted, fragmented or paved over by development projects, according to a new report by the American Farmland Trust. Farmland loss near metro areas continues to be a problem across the US.

Number of U.S. farms continues slow decline | Economic Research Service

The number of farms in the United States continued its yearslong decline in 2024, reaching 1.88 million, the lowest in more than a century. After peaking at 6.81 million farms in 1935, the number of U.S. farms dropped sharply through the early 1970s and then began a slower decline. The most...

www.ers.usda.gov

'They're Trying to Wipe Us Off the Map.' Why Independent Farming in America Is Close to Extinction

A perfect storm of factors has lead to the biggest crisis for American farmers in decades.

time.com

Farm Sector Income & Finances - Farm Sector Income Forecast | Economic Research Service

www.ers.usda.gov

The biggest issue though is not funding or regulations is selling off land to hedge funds, billionaires, and foreign investors, threatening food security and rural economies.

DO you know what's going on with the GOP trying to sell our public lands? I think we put the kabosh on Mojave and Kern.

 

[fingercuffs]

There isn't much data on that but it seems like today farmers are doing quite a bit better than years previous. In the last 20 years, more than 11 million acres of US farmland have been converted, fragmented or paved over by development projects, according to a new report by the American Farmland Trust. Farmland loss near metro areas continues to be a problem across the US.

Number of U.S. farms continues slow decline | Economic Research Service

The number of farms in the United States continued its yearslong decline in 2024, reaching 1.88 million, the lowest in more than a century. After peaking at 6.81 million farms in 1935, the number of U.S. farms dropped sharply through the early 1970s and then began a slower decline. The most...

www.ers.usda.gov

'They're Trying to Wipe Us Off the Map.' Why Independent Farming in America Is Close to Extinction

A perfect storm of factors has lead to the biggest crisis for American farmers in decades.

time.com

Farm Sector Income & Finances - Farm Sector Income Forecast | Economic Research Service

www.ers.usda.gov

The biggest issue though is not funding or regulations is selling off land to hedge funds, billionaires, and foreign investors, threatening food security and rural economies.

Were the same amount filing for bankruptcy? I hear ya that it isn't ALL but it's still pretty horrid and alarming how quickly it's escalating.

I personally hate selling off, Chinese were lapping up farming real estate which puts people like the mushroom crisis in The Bay Area into whole families living in on site cabins.

 

[SoSo]

Were the same amount filing for bankruptcy? I hear ya that it isn't ALL but it's still pretty horrid and alarming how quickly it's escalating.

I personally hate selling off, Chinese were lapping up farming real estate which puts people like the mushroom crisis in The Bay Area into whole families living in on site cabins.

Cuffs. From my cursory review of your posts about this and previous connected issues over the years (yeah, I sound like a knob right now, kinda part of the point of writing this) I'm so glad that you're understanding the idea that sometimes, those without connections to the land of the USA are dangerous - even if they have a claim to birthright citizenship.

As enemies to the country succeeding, the are up there with those that are 2nd generation or more, but don't understand how important the public land system is to the USA, and how important those that tend to our crops and animals are. Not saying that we can't do better as far as we manage vegan and non vegan crops in this country.

Anyway, no bullshit, that might have been the most non partisan, patriotic (as I find patriotism) post I've ever read of yours.

Not that you give a shit, (ditto) but color me impressed.

 

[fingercuffs]

Cuffs. From my cursory review of your posts about this and previous connected issues over the years (yeah, I sound like a knob right now, kinda part of the point of writing this) I'm so glad that you're understanding the idea that sometimes, those without connections to the land of the USA are dangerous - even if they have a claim to birthright citizenship.

As enemies to the country succeeding, the are up there with those that are 2nd generation or more, but don't understand how important the public land system is to the USA, and how important those that tend to our crops and animals are. Not saying that we can't do better as far as we manage vegan and non vegan crops in this country.

Anyway, no bullshit, that might have been the most non partisan, patriotic (as I find patriotism) post I've ever read of yours.

Not that you give a shit, (ditto) but color me impressed.

We did the AI deep dive on us a few weeks ago, this is getting out of hand now.

 

[Mr Holmes]

USAID sources food aid directly from American farmers
When USAID provides food aid to people in need, we source 41% of that food directly from American farmers ‒ approximately $2 billion in food aid purchased from American farms in states across the country: everything from wheat from Kansas, soybean oil from Iowa to peanut products from Georgia.

USAID's foreign aid comes from US farms. Now $450 million of food is left to rot. | Opinion

As the leader of the USAID humanitarian assistance for three years, I'm no stranger to the vital impact that USAID has on the lives of Americans.

www.usatoday.com

@Whippy McGee

Your opinion piece doesn't say anything about farmers going bankrupt.

 

[payton]

Good. This is what you get for voting Republican.