They voted for Trump who promised them heaven and earth. Now they find themselves stuck with crops they can't sell because no one wants to buy from the country that has a vulgar, hostile, inimical and stupid president. It's the tariffs, idiot. And beneath the tariffs is a president who hates and bullies the rest of the world. If you have two suppliers, one that works with you and operates honestly within the rules, while another spews hateful comments, issues threats and makes sneaky deals, which one would you work with?
Contrary to what the Moron-in-Chief says, the world is abandoning the US because of Trump. All countries are developing their workarounds in all aspects of life, trade and the economy to avoid having to deal with an erratic unstable US. And who pays the price? Not the MAGA pedophile-protector billionaire elites who run Trump's government. Those who pay the prince are the farmers, small businesses, hotels, manufacturers, and restaurants whose businesses are shrinking because tourists no longer come to the US, because tariffs send buyers and suppliers elsewhere, to other countries. The Europeans, the UK and Canada have recently struck free trade deals with China just to avoid having to deal with a country led by thugs and criminals.
Trump's stupid America First might have worked in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It doesn't work anymore. In this 21st century, America First means America Alone. And that is not good for business.
Ignorant, racist and xenophobic US farmers of the hinterland who voted en masse for the dumb criminal seem to prefer to be beggars on the welfare rolls of a US government they despise. When will they ever learn? 
Farmers consider leaving staple crops to rot following unexpected crisis: 'What am I supposed to do with 2.2 million pounds of [this]?'
Noah Jampol
Mon, February 2, 2026
Photo Credit: iStock
Farmers in the Mississippi Delta are dealing with a nightmarish 2025 with an unsolvable problem. They simply have too much of their rice crops with nowhere to sell them.
What's happening?
The New York Times reported on the confluence of factors leaving farmers in Mississippi unable to sell their rice, despite many betting heavily on the crop.
Prices reached $7 a bushel last spring, which led farmers like Jack Westerfield to commit additional land to the crop. That decision backfired quickly. Global rice prices have tumbled 30% to around $5 a bushel. India lowered restrictions on exports, raising supply. Meanwhile, Latin America, a key market, is choosing other countries' rice over American varieties.
That is leading farmers in the Delta to store unheard-of quantities of rice in grain bins.
"What am I supposed to do with 2.2 million pounds of rice?" Westerfield asked the Times rhetorically.
Westerfield is far from alone in this quandary for American farmers. This situation parallels challenges faced by soybean producers dealing with trade tensions, as they are compelled to offload surplus produce.
At a Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation meeting, attendees proposed the idea of a government-backed program where farmers would get compensated for simply getting rid of their surplus rice. [But I thought they hate government interfering with their business, or is it hate government when you can and love it when you must?].
Why are the struggles of Mississippi Delta farmers important?
The financial prospects for farming remain bleak, and the appeal for newcomers to come in is waning.
"Who wants to come out here and work as hard as you have to work and climb this mountain of debt you might not see the top of until the end of your life?" Westerfield asked.
Meanwhile, established farmers are questioning the future, wondering how many more years in the red they can take. At the core of the problem is that American farmers, including those in the Delta, rarely grow food that gets sold on the U.S. market. That means that they're at the mercy of demand overseas, which can be impacted by tariffs, rival production, and changing market preferences. In years where demand doesn't match supply, acres of farmland are wasted on crops that can't sell. That means all of the fuel, water, and labor go to waste.
What's being done about Mississippi farmers' struggles?
Farmers are getting a lifeline through a $12 billion bailout, with rice growers compensated on the higher end. Still, the $132-per-acre buyout for rice falls well short of the roughly $1,000-per-acre price to cultivate the unsold crops.
Another proposed idea is changing over crops to higher-priced ones that Americans eat like fresh fruit, vegetables, and nuts. The problem is that doing so will require a paradigm shift for American agriculture.
Everything from university research, federal government insurance, financing from banks, the supply chain, and a network of buyers would need to be reworked to support a transition.
That's too tall an ask, according to some farmers.
"We could grow strawberries or whatever, but there is nowhere to take it," farmer Wayne Dulaney told the Times.
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Read about Canada's irreversible divorce from the US:
https://www.businessinsider.com/canada-moment-mark-carney-reshaping-economy-2026-2
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