Anonymous Coward User ID: 73491842 Bulgaria 01/26/2017 08:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Iowa farmer, and Trump supporter, worried about impact of TPP withdrawal [ link to www.cbsnews.com] DECORAH, Iowa -- There’s a mid-winter tranquility to the 2,500 acres of Bob Hemesath’s farm in Decorah, Iowa, but across the snowy landscape you can hear some early misgivings about the president’s decision to re-negotiate or withdraw from big trade deals. That’s because one out of every three acres of corn he grows is exported. One out of every five jobs in his state is dependent on trade. So when the president talks of renegotiating trade deals or dropping out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership entirely as he did this week, Iowa farmers get worried. “It was a big market for agriculture and would have been a huge benefit for agriculture,” Hemesath said. For the individual farmer, “it’s going to be more difficult to make a profit without having it,” he said. The TPP would have removed trade barriers and, according to supporters, would have added more than $4 billion annually from U.S. exports. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 58030251 United States 01/26/2017 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Iowa farmer, and Trump supporter, worried about impact of TPP withdrawal We feed or have taught most of the world to feed itself so...... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73568352 United States 01/26/2017 08:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Iowa farmer, and Trump supporter, worried about impact of TPP withdrawal I think Decorah is where an eagle's nest is shown online?
Well, Mr. Farmer, when they outlaw GMOs your market dried up.
As for ethanol, we don't want that either, but I do support farmers over BigAgra. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3029007 United States 01/26/2017 08:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Iowa farmer, and Trump supporter, worried about impact of TPP withdrawal When they go anecdotal, they have no cards. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73804178 United States 01/26/2017 08:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Iowa farmer, and Trump supporter, worried about impact of TPP withdrawal I live in a hige farming community. You wouldnt even believe me if i told you how much free money they get from scamming the govt. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73476292 Germany 01/26/2017 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Iowa farmer, and Trump supporter, worried about impact of TPP withdrawal Trump is going to renegotiate each country one on one
to make sure they are fare |