Scotty MacSqueezenickel

The real disaster here isn’t weather. Farmers have been dealing with weather since mankind started cultivation. The problem is that agricultural trade deficit part. We have the best agricultural setup in the world and we’re letting multinational corporations convince us that imports are good for our industry. “Beef imports add value” they say. “If we don’t keep grain prices down, they’ll break out more land in Brazil.” Horse hockey. This has been a theme since I can remember and all the changes we have seen in agriculture trade have made things much worse instead of better. It’s high time we use our leverage in trade and stop buying from countries who won’t reciprocate. I’m not advocating closing down trade, just making it work for the United States as much as it does for the rest of the world. It’s a simple concept.