{"id":1003380,"date":"2019-01-14T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003380"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:56","slug":"as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/","title":{"rendered":"As Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Trump speaks to the American Farm Bureau Federation today, here\u2019s a look at some of the many ways that his government shutdown is actually hurting farmers across the country:<\/p>\n

The Trump Shutdown delayed promised bailout payments to farmers who have been hurt by Trump\u2019s trade policies.<\/p>\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cThe shutdown, now the longest on record, has suspended some federal aid for farmers \u2014 including subsidies for farmers hit by the president\u2019s tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cWith farmers on the edge of ruin, the U.S. government offered $12 billion in support since September, checks that had become a lifeline.\u00a0 But with the government shutdown moving into its third week, Boyd was left waiting for his support check to arrive. Other farmers who still must have their crop totals approved by the government to receive aid were left with no way to apply for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump Shutdown left farmers without critical funds and sources of information.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Shutdown Sends Grain Traders, Farmers Hunting For Data\u201d<\/p>\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cFarmers cannot get federally backed operating loans to buy seed for their spring planting, or feed for their livestock. They cannot look up new government data about beef prices or soybean yields to make decisions about planting and selling their goods in an ever-changing global market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farmers across the country are suffering from the Trump Shutdown.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Southern Virginia farmer<\/a>: \u201cI don\u2019t need a damn wall … I need my money, so I can plant my crop.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wisconsin grain farmer<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re being played the stooge.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

North Carolina farmer<\/a>: \u201cThey\u2019re playing a game of basically Russian Roulette, and it affects the people out here. It\u2019s having a big effect on us being able to do things we need to do this time of the year, when we\u2019re really not in the field doing much work.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

New York farmer<\/a>: \u201cYou could hardly call it a political stunt. It\u2019s a personal power stance because he doesn\u2019t really care about anything, I don\u2019t think, besides himself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Trump speaks to the American Farm Bureau Federation today, here\u2019s a look at some of the many ways that his government shutdown is actually hurting farmers across the country: The Trump Shutdown delayed promised bailout payments to farmers who have been hurt by Trump\u2019s trade policies. CBS News: \u201cThe shutdown, now the longest on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAs Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-14T18:34:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/\",\"name\":\"As Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-14T18:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T20:10:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"As Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\",\"name\":\"Claire DePree\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Claire DePree\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"As Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them - Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_site_name":"Democrats","article_published_time":"2019-01-14T18:34:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-23T20:10:56+00:00","author":"Claire DePree","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claire DePree","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/","name":"As Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them - Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-14T18:34:25+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T20:10:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-speaks-to-farmers-his-shutdown-hurts-them\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"As Trump Speaks To Farmers, His Shutdown Hurts Them"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/","name":"Democrats","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564","name":"Claire DePree","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Claire DePree"},"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033609,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003380\/revisions\/1033609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}