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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers

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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago
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In interviews with the Washington Post, multiple farmers expressed their dismay with the loss of farm workers under Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies and his administration's waffling on subsidies.In a deep dive focusing on one farmer who voted for Trump, 36-year-old J.J. Ficke of Kirk, Colo...
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    This is part of the plan. Small farms will be run out of business and then bought for a low price and consolidated by mega farms.

    Big Agriculture wants this and lobbies for it to happen.

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      What a coincidence that the VP has a financial interest in independent farms going bankrupt.

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        I definitely believe this, but do you have a source I can point to for others?

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          The company is called AcreTrader

          https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/10/08/jd-vance-acretrader/

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      Another 80s reboot

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