Ag Sec'y Sonny Perdue addresses farmer's concerns in Minnesota:

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Peppered with complaints at a Minnesota event from farmers fed up with Trump's trade war, Agriculture Sec'y Sonny Perdue made a joke.

"What do you call two farmers in a basement?" Perdue asked. "A whine cellar." Boos ricocheted around the room, NYT says. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/us/politics/trump-farmers-china-trade.html …

[dalton99a]

1. What an asshole

Mr. Perdue is a somewhat unlikely lieutenant in Mr. Trump’s trade war. As Georgia’s governor, he worked to strengthen ties between the state and China, welcoming Chinese companies and making economic development trips to Shanghai and Beijing. At one point he pushed for Atlanta to become a hub for the Free Trade Area of the Americas, a proposed 34-country trade pact that never came to fruition.

“He’s a very strong supporter of free trade,” said Craig Lesser, who worked for Mr. Perdue as Georgia’s commissioner of economic development.

But in the Trump administration, Mr. Perdue has been a staunch backer of the president’s policies, publicly defending tariffs, working to shrink the federal government and expressing doubts about the science behind climate change.

“He’s the Trump whisperer,” said Neill Herring, an environmental activist in Georgia who once worked with Mr. Perdue in the State Legislature. “He can tell Trump exactly what he wants to hear.”

[ChubbyStar]

2. Total asshole

Fuck him, worthless guttersnipe.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Wow,this whole event happened almost 20 days ago.

The real story is,the Grain Farmers,if they are small operators,will get clobbered big time. The mega operators will have enough Equity to survive till Spring Planting. Watch for this to happen,the Folks who are Raising Cattle as well as Grain Farming are facing a major Shortage of Winter Hay because of the Unseasonable weather during this past growing season.

Just another clinker that is about to hit.

Notice the Farm Equipment Folks are nervous as all get out.

[lapfog_1]

4. yeah, when I first heard about the hay growing season

I should have invested in hay futures... there may be time yet to short cattle futures as a lot of cattle are headed to the slaughter house rather than ranchers pay for higher hay costs this winter... followed early next year by buying cattle futures as the resulting beef shortage happens.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Going to be interesting to say the least.

Some of the Hay can be off set by cheap Corn and Beans as well as other Cereal Grains . Understand there is a lot of Beef and Pork as well as Chicken in Storage at this time in order to keep Retail Pricing up. All that will have to be moved out in the near future.

Interesting times ahead.

[UniteFightBack]

5. I need hay for my rabbit and I buy it in 50lb box. Should I be concerned ? nt