{"id":43682,"date":"2019-02-09T06:36:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T11:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43682"},"modified":"2019-02-09T06:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T11:36:16","slug":"the-u-s-faces-a-catastrophic-food-supply-crisis-in-america-as-farmers-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43682","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Faces A Catastrophic Food Supply Crisis In America As Farmers Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Faces A Catastrophic Food Supply Crisis In America As Farmers Struggle<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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American farmers are battling several issues when it comes to producing our food.  Regulated low prices,<\/a> tariffs, and the inability to export have all cut into the salaries of farmers.  They are officially in crisis mode, just like the United States\u2019 food supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe farm economy\u2019s in pretty tough shape,<\/strong>\u201d said John Newton, chief economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation. \u201cWhen you look out on the horizon of things to come, you start to see some cracks.\u201d Average farm income has fallen to near 15-year lows under president Donald Trump\u2019s policies, and in some areas of the country, farm bankruptcies are soaring.  And with slightly higher interest rates, many don\u2019t see borrowing more money as an option.  \u201cA lot of farmers are going to give the president the benefit of the doubt, and have to date. But the longer the trade war goes on, the more that dynamic changes,\u201d said Brian Kuehl, executive director of Farmers for Free Trade, according to Politico<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With no end to the disastrous trade war in sight, many farmers have traveled to Washington to share their plights with the president himself hoping that he\u2019ll end the trade war that\u2019s exacerbating an already precarious food crisis.<\/a>  Farmers make up a fairly large chunk of president Trump\u2019s base, and an unwillingness to put food production in the United States first could be detrimental for Trump reelection chances in 2020. It could also be the beginning of a catastrophic food shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n