Josh Turek
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And this is what I want to fight for in the U.S.
Senate.
Everywhere that I'm going.
I mean, it is a scary place right now in time to be an Iowa farmer.
It is.
It's a farm again.
It's a second farm crisis.
We're hearing from farmers all across the state.
I mean, what we hear is this is betrayal and we'll hear this is just one gut punch after another.
The first issue is, yes, absolutely.
The tariffs have have crushed our farmers.
And that's why we hear betrayal.
Trump administration gives 20 billion dollars to Argentina.
Meanwhile, our Iowa soybean farmers are upside down on their commodities prices.
But it's not just that.
That's just the most recent issue.
We've done nothing to address the monopolies that have led to input prices being basically doubled.
The war in Iran has certainly led to increased cost in diesel fuel, but that's also led to increased cost on fertilizer.
I mean, I was hearing over and over from farmers saying, I'm not even sure I'm going to be able to afford fertilizer.
Meanwhile, as we're coming into planting season, at the federal level, we haven't done anything