Its legal to sell raw milk here now. Local guy with a few jersy's (lots of cream) is making some profit. Japan wants to buy ethanol. Trump is green lighting it. Should bode well for corn and milo prices. Farmers around here seem to be ok. Land prices are high for farm ground. Would be lots cheaper if no one was making money. Pasture is the same. Expensive. They all have nice vehicles etc. I dont know anybody relying on their garden like when I was a kid. People garden as a choice not a necessity. Everybody has running water and inside toilets.

You ought to be fined for hiring illegals Blaine. Its against the law and your an officer of the court. Time to enforce all those laws. I know two Americans with American employees, making a good living building fence.

It will for all of us who don't have quasi slave labor! I have ICE on speed dial, all these huge dairies with Guatamaulans living in trailer houses and working 80 hours a week for $10 a hour and no OT can SUCK IT.

While I agree with some of what you said I don't fully buy the "it will for all of us" past of your post. Throw a tariff on potash, metals, farm machinery, and get retaliatory ones on agricultural goods like soybeans and the idea that everyone will profit more is just simply not going to be accurate.

Anyone know how dairy imports work in Canada, or poultry or beef.

Farming isn't going to get any easier, or more profitable, if a good chunk of the labor force is deported.

Specifically what exactly? I feel like I know the odd thing (not a farmer, but dad is, as are multiple family and friends)

There's no way its costing that much to produce a Gallon of milk.

Some Farmers have gotten THEMSELVES into trouble. Equipment was going up in value so fast guys were buying all new equipment in the spring, 0% down, 0 payments for 6 months, they were then able to trade that equipment in at the end of the year for basically what they paid, they were essentially getting free leases and operating loans were 4%. Suddenly they went to trade in equipment now financed at 7%+ and found out they were going to be hundreds of thousands in the red on a single combine. Operating loans also went up to 7-8%. Suddenly their on the hook for Tens of Thousands of dollars in interest PER MONTH and grain prices fell from near all time highs to a more long term average. Everyone HATES taxes but farmers seem to hate them to the point they'll go broke to not pay them. When grain was high and operating cost lower they spent money like cowboys in a whorehouse, new bins, new buildings, etc. They should have enough to not bother with operating loans but they were to busy trying to outbid their neighbor on land that wouldn't cash flow at $10 bushel corn now its sitting at or under $5.

Locally many people who had cattle tore down the fencing and plowed the pastures when corn was up and cattle was down, now it's the opposite and it's to much money and work to rebuild the fences and they don't want cows, they killed their Cash Cow and now have no diversity on the farm.

Some of my Frugal neighbors bought a couple new used pieces of equipment, continued to work on the old stuff, didn't buy land that couldn't cash flow and I hope they end up in positron to take full advantage of others foolishness.

The guys that build fence for all of my neighbors and me are illegal. And hard workers. And good guys with good families. Not sure about slave labor--but I don't see any white guys or black guys showing up to do it.

It will for all of us who don't have quasi slave labor! I have ICE on speed dial, all these huge dairies with Guatamaulans living in trailer houses and working 80 hours a week for $10 a hour and no OT can SUCK IT.

You complain on one thread about tax money going to illegals, and on this one you're part of the problem.