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Chinese buyers booked at least 10 cargoes of Argentine soybeans after Buenos Aires scrapped grain export taxes, three traders said on Tuesday, dealing another setback to U.S. farmers already shut out of their top market and hit by low prices.

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[-] Soleos@lemmy.world 145 points 1 year ago

Someone wants to buy US soy farms for cheap.

[-] HuskerNation@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago

Billionaires want to buy farmland for cheap

[-] Idontcare@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 1 year ago

JD Vance apparently

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 100 points 1 year ago

Nice job farmers. Now the corpos can gobble up your land for cheap and leave you out on your ass..... Maybe you shouldn't have backed the orange moron.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago

Don't start a war you can't win

[-] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 1 year ago

Unless losing is your goal

[-] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 64 points 1 year ago

Actually, these tariffs could be the thing that turn impossible burgers into the mainstream. Could you imagine if an impossible burger dropped substantially below a beef burger? You won't have to imagine it soon.

[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 29 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, it tastes "good enough" to me that if it were the cheaper alternative I'd default to it.

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

A good fake meat burger beats a bad or mediocre beef burger any day.

But nothing still beats a premium beef burger.

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

You mean when a beef burgers gets more expensive? Ah, the illusion of "dropping" below beef burgers.

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago

I don't know what sort of protein they're using, it might not be soy based. But this does mean Dirt Cheap tofu that they'd be selling at a loss just to get rid of all the soybeans. You could also end up with warehouses full of soy protein isolate that needs to go somewhere which could be a very cheap source for a lot of things for years to come

[-] Awkwardparticle@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

Without the Chinese purchases, the prices are too low to make harvesting profitable or at least if they have no buyer, they get no profit. The beans will die and rot in the fields. Then next year comes around and they don't have any money to plant new crops. I am not sure if insurance for crops is a thing anymore in the US but next spring the fields might be empty.

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[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 52 points 1 year ago

Its incredible just how the fast the US is falling from the world stage. Even Britain remained super relevant after the controlled demolition of their empire.

[-] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Britain kinda had to turn insular after the world wars. I don't know what's happening with America but it smells like hubris. It's pretty worrying, too.

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[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, they will continue to love trump and vote against themselves.

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[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Trump did this shit his first term and they voted for him again knowing full well he would do it again. Fuck'em

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 1 year ago

he also bailed them out, but this time he has no reason to bail them out, he wants thier land now.

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[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Oh my god, it's happening. My country made it into the news without it being something hideous!

Wir haben es geschaft meine Brüdis!

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Wenn du aus Argentinien bist, warum sprichst du dann Deutsch?

[-] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

Technically, long before the nazi went seeking shelter. The German speaking populace was a reason why the nazi chose Argentina

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[-] lack@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

I will fight tooth and nail against any bailout for these chuds. They voted for this. Stew in it, chumps

[-] ours@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They won't get bailouts. It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to bankrupt small farmers so agricorps can buy it all on the cheap.

These poor idiots voted for their own demise. But "trans scary!".

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[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Exactly what they voted for

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 27 points 1 year ago

In Trump's last term, farmers were bailed out with some nice cash infustions. They figured that in his second term, Trump would bail them again with some sweet sweet cash and that's what they thought they voted for. They were wrong.

[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly, Trump's last term made cash payouts to farmers because ... wait for it ... China wasn't buying crops from the US (particularly soybeans) in response to the tariffs imposed by Trump's first administration.

So I guess they weren't entirely wrong with that "he'll do it again" mentality.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

So they voted for welfare for themselves basically. That's MAGA for you.

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[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 31 points 1 year ago

Bankruptcy is a small price to pay for smug racism

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago

American farmers reaping what they sowed. Or not.

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[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago

Watching these dumb fucks lose their farms and try to pull themselves up by their bootstraps working for minimum wage at Dollar General is going to be one of the few amusement that will come out of the next few years.

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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Fucked around and found out. You picking up what you threw down flyover states?

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Maga: "winning!"

[-] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Ohhhh nooo!

Fuck republicans and donald trump. You are responsible for all of this and the blood is on your hands dude.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

American leopards are feasting well.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Trump also took their taxes and bailed out Argentina. Lmao.

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[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 year ago

They shouldn't be bailed out. They should just lose their Farms. Solid from some hippies to make a commune instead, it's a way better use of the land

[-] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

They won’t be. Small farms will be foreclosed on and predatory corporations owned by billionaires will swoop in to buy them up, further concentrating all wealth into the hands of the few.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 1 year ago

Tyson, perdue, foster ,,,etc. and plus vances ACRETRADER app.

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This isn't just wealth though. Wealth has the potential to lose its worth in some scenarios depending on the outcome of the current regime. Arable land? As long as we don't hit the MAD button arable land is going to be primo real estate regardless of what happens. Wealth can only buy food; arable land produces it. THATS power.

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[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago

They aren't going to be bailed out. This was planned. The corrupt government wants their land and bankrupt farmers sell the cheapest land.

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[-] don@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

Never write a check with your mouth that your ass can’t cash.

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[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. A la USA. -chef's kiss-

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
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