Letter to the Editor

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Let me get this straight. Farmers did not create the decline in soybean sales with China. Ergo, they need to get a bailout of 20 billion dollars. Recently China bought 7 million tons of soybeans from Argentina. In July, Aug and Sept of 2025, the US exported ZERO soybeans to China. Argentina needs money and the President wants to GIVE them 20 billion dollars. Why would USA help bail out Argentina while they take American soybean producers’ biggest market?

BUT, federal workers are on hiatus because of the government shutdown. Some federal workers are required to work while others were told not to go to work. These federal workers did not cause the shutdown and the President is saying that they should not be paid. Federal workers don’t deserve to be paid but farmers do? It makes no difference who is responsible for the shutdown, federal workers did not cause it.

Mary Kish

Maryville