Palisades Gold Radio · Saturday, August 1, 2026
Joel Salatin highlighted the financial precarity of US farmers, noting that soybean farmers lost an average of $100 per acre in 2025, prompting a $12 billion bailout. He anticipates similar financial strain for corn farmers in 2026. Salatin connects these losses to market dynamics, including China's reduced soybean imports and the high cost of inputs like fuel and fertilizer, suggesting that many farmers are struggling to remain profitable without government support.
“So, uh, if if you look broadly at what's coming out of the USDA and the, you know, the analysts, uh, last year in 2025, the average soybean farmer lost $100 an acre.”
“And hence the $12 billion bailout from the Trump administration, uh, primarily for soybean farmers.”
“And this year, projected, uh, corn farmers will lose somewhere between $50 and $100 an acre, uh, the corn farmers in the US.”