Farmers and truckers are increasingly wary of Trump and the policies he's put in place. That's bad news for Trump's iffy polling numbers.
Even before the ethanol decision, farmers have been speaking out against the president. Bloombergthat Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was confronted by a group of enraged farmers at a fair in rural Minnesota.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in support of farmers and ranchers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House May 23, 2019 in Washington, DC.Farm income in the US dropped to $63 billion in 2018, which is about half its 2013 level. That's a 16% dip from 2017,Soybean, grain, dairy, and livestock farmers in particular have been slammed in the Trump trade war, which will add 10% tariffs on some $300 billion of Chinese goods.
Government subsidies have been directed to relieve farmers whose wages have been hampered, but farmers say it's not enough. Bob Kuylen, a farmer of 35 years in North Dakota, told CNBC in Aug. that government subsidies for his 1,500-acre wheat and sunflower farm covers $15 per acre. Kuylen lost $70 per acre this year, however.."Trump is ruining our markets. No one is buying our product no more, and we have no markets no more."Trucking has suffered in 2019, too.
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