Summary
U.S. barley farmers face mounting financial pressure as Trump’s tariffs spark fears of losing key export markets.
Canada, the top importer of U.S. malt barley, has already imposed retaliatory tariffs, and Mexico may follow. Farmers warn that rising fertilizer and chemical costs, combined with declining U.S. beer consumption, threaten their survival.
Breweries may absorb or pass higher costs to consumers, potentially raising beer prices.
Experts say tariffs could devastate barley exports, with industry leaders calling them a major blow to struggling American farmers.
US barley production at a county level:
And the Trump-Harris results for the 2024 Presidential election at a county level:
I mean, this one is kind of a self-inflicted wound.
Goddamnit, ninja’d!
It looks like your barley production map is better. Apparently mine only has data for some states.
Looks like it still shows the same pattern, though.
Every time I start to think that maybe there’s hope, that the working class might unify against this type of shit, I see another post taking delight in the suffering of others because they happened to vote for the red party that’s fucking them, instead of the blue one that’s allowing them to be fucked.
At no point did I say anywhere that this was a delight.
I will say it’s somewhat satisfying in an “I told you so” kind of way. It’s getting really frustrating voting for a government that will serve the people overall, but get rejected by the very people who would benefit most.
I will continue to vote for sanity and for a government that serves its people but is it really too much to ask for the people to do the same?
You’re asking people to show kindness to their abusers. The people who voted for this have caused massive suffering. People have tried being the more mature ones, look where it got us. Those people are not interested in joining forces. The openly call us the enemy. Asking people to give them sympathy at this point is insulting.
Keep turning the cheek and getting slapped. The rest of us are tired of it.