Emotionally estranged offspring of farming folk here: yeah I would not be shocked if some decide to quit while they're ahead and don't even bother putting seed in because there are enough cracks in the story to question whether they'll get their usual bailout in time or with enough cash to make up for shit yields.

Maybe some small-timers call it quits. Maybe they rent the land to someone else to farm it, maybe for real cheap. Maybe it's a real great time for some of them there South African immigrants (white farmers) to "pick up the slack" and farm it. And heck, maybe they won't even need the help of SA "visitors" who have been year for 15+ years already, traversing the countryside custom harvesting. Or maybe they will, and it'll be one more way for a Big, Beautiful Partnership™ to emerge from this totally unmanufactured crisis!

But Trump wouldn't have done (and most definitely isn't doing) any favors for his frenemy Musk and his poor disparaged countrymen, right?

^/endconspiracytheory^