Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.
“What am I supposed to do with 2.2 million pounds of rice?” asked Jack Westerfield, who is among the farmers across the Mississippi Delta who cannot sell their rice.
Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.
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