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Frustratedlady

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6. Add to that the crop tariffs. Soybeans, for one.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:48 PM

Jun 2018

And, he announced that just as they were starting to plant. Did they switch from soybeans to something else? Usually, they rotate w/another crop. All I've seen in fields is corn, which means the price of corn will be lower.

He doesn't realize how many ways this affects people when he makes these snap decisions, and the people heading the departments don't know from Jack what they are doing. Is this Wilbur Ross? I saw him the other day and he could hardly form a sentence.

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Trade war: Mexico pork tariff threats push Iowa losses to $560 million [View all] workinclasszero Jun 2018 OP

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Most likely workinclasszero Jun 2018 #4

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