Martha Gimbel
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Yeah, I mean, and I talked to some other, of course, this went through my farming texts.
You know, we're all like, okay, you know.
So I don't think it was a surprise to us.
And we're used to the tariffs because, yeah, I don't even think they ever came off from the phase one agreement with China.
You know, my big takeaway, and I was watching, I had somebody send me an outtake is, you know, he said, well, I paid the farmer bridge payments with these tariffs.
Well, that's not true.
It was in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
So all the farmers out there, don't worry, you're going to get paid.
Well, it's greatly diminished.
There's no stability in our ad markets anymore.
The markets, they're not acting like they usually do.
And with one social media post, it can go up or down 60 cents.
But the fact of the matter is that China's
you know, population is decreasing.
They've really modernized how they feed their livestock.
The other big thing is, is we are not competitive with Brazil.
They can sell them beans much cheaper than the US can.
So, you know, that's what puts us in a tough spot.
I just covered my mouth not to giggle.