Wisconsin Farmer Tells Fox News Suicides, Bankruptcy Rising in Rural U.S. Amid China Trade War

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Wisconsin Farmer Tells Fox News Suicides, Bankruptcy Rising in Rural U.S. Amid China Trade War
By Benjamin Fearnow On 5/16/19 at 4:07 PM EDT
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A National Farmers Union executive and active Wisconsin dairy farmer joined Midwest agricultural leaders this week in condemning President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with China, warning of increased financial stress and suicide among farmers.

Patty Edelburg, vice president of the Washington-based NFU group, which says it represents some 200,000 U.S. farms, appeared on Fox News Thursday and detailed what she viewed as the dire state of American farming amid falling income and commodity prices, resulting in a surging number of bankruptcies, increased financial stress and suicide in the agricultural community.

“It has been insane,” Edelburg told America's Newsroom anchors Sandra Smith and Jon Scott Thursday. “We’ve had a lot of farmers—a lot more bankruptcies going on, a lot more farmer suicides. These things are highlighting many of the news stories in our local news."

Recent national data and surveys show rural mental health problems are rampant and rising among U.S. farmworkers.

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[Takket]

1. Is America great now?

[Vogon_Glory]

2. I wish I could sympathize more, but

we city-slicker Democrats thought that the men and women who worked the land and raised cattle would have instantly recognized Donald Trump’s BS and voted against him. But you voted for him and now you’re on the ride to Hell with the rest of us.

We really thought you would have known better.

[Nay]

5. Yep, I guess we can't depend on those wise rural folk to do the right thing, even though

they're quick to claim the mantle of morality.

And yes, they get to ride to Hell with us all. Too bad they couldn't listen to reason. *

*Just an addendum: I used to live out West among wheat farmers, so I'm talking from anecdotal experience here. I certainly may have lived in a large farming town that was a total anomaly in voting MAGA 85%.

[Vogon_Glory]

8. The American Folk Myth Of The Wise And Virtuous Midwestern Farmer Was A Cherished Staple

that guys like me wanted to believe in (AS opposed to their narrow-minded, bigoted Deep South counterparts). We wanted to believe it even when the back parts of our intellects told us that our belief wasn't true.

A pity they threw it away and bought into that right-wing BS.

[tenderfoot]

9. In fairness to those people, they're only media outlets are RW talk radio and Fox

eom

[NightWatcher]

3. but gawd dayum, its still worth it to see all those libtard tears, maga forever

(or at least until Thursday when they repossess the farm)

[Initech]

4. Well they voted for this.

[Ilsa]

6. But trump thinks they need to sacrifice and ride it out.

Trump killed those farmers.

[Greybnk48]

7. I remember the gigantic Trump signs many of the farms

had on their property. None of us could figure out why, except he is a Republican. They sure got what many of them paid for.

As an aside: Despite pockets of rural Trumpers around here, I know quite a few farm families in my area, and all of the families we're casual friends with are pretty solid Dems. Sadly they're all getting trampled.