Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi's agricultural belt.
American farmers once benefited from an 85-year partnership between agriculture and U.S. foreign policy. In the first year of the Trump Administration, that all changed. buff.ly/t8yLXm7
-- The Conversation U.S. (@us.theconversation.com) Jan 18, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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... American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing ,,,
Maybe those farmers should buy more Trump digital coins, as Saudi Arabia seems to have done?
NYT: UAE Chips Deal Linked to $2B Investment in Trump Family Cryptocurrency Firm (September 2025)
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... A New York Times report has revealed how a member of the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates invested $2 billion in the Trump family's cryptocurrency company just days before the UAE received access to rare artificial intelligence chips. ...
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