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20. They are low ADDED value

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:08 PM

Oct 5

What good is a $60 billion industry if the taxpayers have to spend $20 billion to subsidize it?

Obviously we need to produce food for our own people, but beyond that, there is absolutely nothing strategic about any agriculture products. They are all commodities, selling on the global market at the cheapest prices.

We should also note that countries like China have raced way past the US in transportation infrastructure. That may not be a huge factor directly related to soybeans in China, but our 100-year-old transportation system means that we are not very efficient at moving these low-value commodities around. These things add up to huge taxpayer subsidies. The Ag budget is about $200,000,000,000 a year, and much of that is direct subsidies to farmers and indirect price supports. That's basically the same size as the federal Education budget. How does that many any sense? Soybeans give the US nothing of any strategic value globally. Education is needed for anything strategic.

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Trump plans aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 5 OP

because he is a really shitty LyfeTimeDem Oct 5 #1

What did he think was going to happen? He's such livetohike Oct 5 #2

Krasnov always creates the problem, LakeVermilion Oct 5 #3

Unless they can get it at a steep discount why would China want to even negotiate with us? yourout Oct 5 #4

Even then, it's to their advantage to find more stable sources William Seger Oct 5 #28

Yep, the cause another problem, to fix another problem president. bluestarone Oct 5 #5

It gets worse. We are buying the same soybeans twice.....and not even getting a beanstalk underpants Oct 5 #10

Yea, for sure. It's that his Causing problem is really causing MANY PROBLEMS!! bluestarone Oct 5 #12

No coherence or coordination. We know he's surrounded by sycophants and parasites underpants Oct 5 #31

Farmers can't be paid during shut down. nt in2herbs Oct 5 #6

Keep it shutdown.... walkingman Oct 5 #13

Doesn't have even close to enough votes among his own loser caucus even if the government were open Ponietz Oct 5 #25

Are you sure? It's not like anyone has stopped him yet. Raven123 Oct 5 #27

why not buy the soybeans instead of bailing out agribusiness. rampartd Oct 5 #7

Socialist farmers evilclown Oct 5 #8

Let's not miss the big picture Bluetus Oct 5 #9

Soybeans aren't a low value crop FredGarvin Oct 5 #14

They are low ADDED value Bluetus Oct 5 #20

Corporate Agri FredGarvin Oct 5 #24

Indeed. Amd many of the corp Ag companies have overseas ownership anyway Bluetus Oct 5 #29

At Some Point modrepub Oct 5 #22

The bailout wont benefit farmers, it will benefit the soybean brokers FredGarvin Oct 5 #11

He bankrupted the farmers again dropdeaddon Oct 5 #15

Welcome to du. I live in farm country, and Emile Oct 5 #16

He bailed out the "farmers" during his last term FredGarvin Oct 5 #17

Welcome to DU . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 5 #19

And he'll get away with it enough this time, too. Tax payers will pay for it. marble falls Oct 5 #32

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Oct 6 #33

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. twodogsbarking Oct 5 #18

Why should China come back to us now for soybeans, Bayard Oct 5 #21

It's what they voted for otchmoson Oct 5 #23

idiot petert Oct 5 #26

And it's not as if in the end anything will change except that goods become scarcer and more expensive. The ... marble falls Oct 5 #30