Our local tractor-enthusiasts gathered on the White House lawn Friday to hear the Big Boss explain why they’re currently broke. It turns out, when you start a trade war and then get entangled in a literal war in Iran, people who grow things for a living tend to suffer. But don’t worry, the President is here to remind you that he gave you $12 billion in “relief”—essentially a taxpayer-funded participation trophy for being the collateral damage in his own tariff policy.
Then there’s the whole Iran situation. Apparently, having a war in the place where a third of the world’s fertilizer travels is “challenging” for the bottom line. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively a “No Trespassing” zone for the last month, fertilizer prices have spiked 30%. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins—bless her heart—is spinning this by saying 80% of farmers ordered their stuff last fall. For the other 20% of you who didn’t see a Middle Eastern conflict coming? Well, your profit margins are now thinner than the topsoil in a Lubbock dust storm.
To “fix” the fact that planting crops is now a high-stakes gamble, the administration is offering massive new loan guarantees through the Small Business Administration. Because nothing says “everything is fine” like being encouraged to go deeper into debt just to buy the fertilizer you can no longer afford. We’re also getting immediate E15 fuel sales and some updated fuel standards for 2027, which I’m sure will be very comforting to the cotton farmer whose bank account is currently screaming in lowercase.
But hey, at least we ended the estate tax, so when the stress of this “one-two punch” finally takes you out, your kids can inherit the debt-ridden dirt for free, right?
https://www.kcbd.com/2026/03/27/trump-announces-support-farmers-impacted-by-tariffs-iran-war/
