American farmers on the brink of collapse, reliving an '80s crisis; costs soared, incomes fell, and even $47 billion in Trump aid couldn't save them

According to Hamshahri newspaper, Joel Salatin, a farmer and author from Virginia: The current conditions governing agriculture are likely the worst since the agricultural crisis of the 1980s; and that is after years of shrinking profit margins, rising costs of agricultural inputs, more expensive credit, and disruptions in trade.. Diesel prices in the United States hit a historic record of $5.85 per gallon on Friday and the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that the cost of fuel and oil used in the agricultural sector will rise 28.8 percent this year. Exclusive translation