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Monday, January 26, 2026

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.

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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

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-- The Conversation U.S. (@us.theconversation.com) Jan 18, 2026 at 11:48 PM

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Maybe think before you vote, eh?

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-26 11:40 AM | Reply

FWIW: drudge.com

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-26 12:33 PM | Reply

Never been a fan of Delta. There are much better airlines.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-26 07:01 PM | Reply

From the sub-summary ...

... 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)
www.democracynow.org

... 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. ...


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-26 10:44 PM | Reply

#3

---- off you stupid Nazi ----

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-26 11:38 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Hey--I know! Get some of those ICE detainees to harvest crops--for free! The more folks arrested, the faster the harvest...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-27 07:50 AM | Reply

Better yet, why not just make ICE agents harvest the crops themselves?

#7 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-27 08:58 AM | Reply

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