2018 Farmers News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

crisis in farm country. falling crop prices, a string of natural disasters and the u.s./china trade war. data from the china federation shows form bankruptcies have soared 24% since september 2018. farmers, a key demographic for trump in the 2020 election. he s called them patriots for making sacrifices while he negotiates with beijing. he s handed out $28 billion in taxpayer bailouts to those farmers. one of those farmers is taking on one of trump s biggest backers. christopher gibbs is weighing an independent run to unseat jim jordan. jim jordan has been attached to the house impeachment inquiry. he said his interest in running for office is more than trump s agricultural policies and defeating jordan. this is bigger than that. listen, populism has crept into both of the parties. gibbs voted for trump in 2016. but he became an outspoken critic of the trade policies and left the republican party.

Key demographicNatural disastersFarm countryChina trade warThem patriots for making sacrificesFalling cropChina federation2018 farmersSeptember 2018Donald trumpChristopher gibbsTaxpayer bailouts28 billion8 billionJim jordanImpeachment inquiry