Farm Report: They Asked For It, They Got It! Good & Hard, Too!

Sorry, you can't afford any.

Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Farmers growing desperate amid rising energy and fertilizer prices  —  Farmers across the Midwest are entering planting season under mounting financial pressure, as the Iran conflict drives up diesel and fertilizer prices — deepening an agricultural downturn that some say is the worst since the crisis of the 1980s.
Alexander Willis / Raw Story:   Trump policies spark warnings of impending disaster: ‘Going to be fewer farmers’

Jesus Mesa / Newsweek:   Donald Trump Deals New Blow to US Farmers on China Trip

Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:   Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump's Iran War

Do you like to eat? Ha ha ha! Too bad. Start saving now so you can afford Soylent Green!

Piling on, later. How dense are these sucker-ass chumps?

Brad Brooks / Reuters:

Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain.  These rural voters agree.  —  Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily.  —  The price was $4.34 per gallon …

Alexander Willis / Raw Story:   Three-time Trump voter rips president as ‘naive’ as Iran war decimates GOP stronghold

Drought won't help either. Two words: Dust Bowl.