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applegrove

(134,001 posts) Fri Jul 3, 2026, 04:52 PM Friday

70% of farmers can't afford to grow all of their crops: [View all]

Farm labor is sky high, fuel is sky high, fertilizer is sky high, there are no markets for products thanks to tariffs and the fact that the economy is collapsing and people are restricting to staples...
— SAY GENERAL STRIKE NOW! (@abbott-joseph.bsky.social) 2026-07-03T11:49:44.472Z

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70% of farmers can't afford to grow all of their crops: [View all] applegrove Friday OP

They can wear their MAGA hats to their foreclosures. dem4decades Friday #1

No doubt in my mind that they will let the taxpayers fund their businesses - corporate welfare. walkingman Friday #2

Let Them Sell Their $60k+ Pick Up Trucks modrepub Friday #6

I'm guessing many farmers can't afford to grow any of their crops. erronis Friday #3

They need rain too bucolic_frolic Friday #4

Well, Lee Greenwood would tell you Chasstev365 Friday #5