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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 95 points 2 months ago (4 children)

'recent development beyond our control'....

Yeah this happened by itself and was totally unpredictable....

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 57 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At least they're trying to feed people with the unsold produce..

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought most people in Idaho voted for this.

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Rexburg is the biggest town in Madison County, Idaho. Here are the county results for the 11/5/24 elections:

  • Donald J. Trump (REP) - 13,925 votes
  • Kamala D. Harris (DEM) - 2,767 votes

It’s highly likely that this farmer voted for the regime that is fucking him up.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

eh, it's hardly berkley. it's a college town, yeah, but the college is byu-idaho so hardly a bastion of liberalism

Rexburg

[–] MostRegularPeople@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, BYU Idaho. Rexburg is also 95% LDS.

probably the second most conservative college i've seen

[–] Soulg@ani.social 8 points 2 months ago

It's beyond their control if they didn't vote for it

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why aren't people eating potatoes? Is this just the demand drop from Canada?

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or a supply chain issue because a processing facility has to close cause all their workers were deported...

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

or scared away from the country because of ICE/deportations.

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

I know that your comment was sarcastic, but Canada supplies a whack of potatoes to the US annually. Nearly 2.5B in frozen French fries alone. There is a marginal potato trade the other way, nominally in processed products. Like Stonemill Kitchens amazing red potato salad, which I'm not allowed to fucking buy because its American and I'm craving the shit out of that stuff.

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

At the beginning of the year there was a donation of 4.000 tons of potatoes in Berlin. Apparently it was a redicously good harvest of potatoes and the price fell so much that it wasn't profitable to even sell them anymore.