I don't know what kind of assistance programs DC has been pushing out to farmers. But if it's as meager as the support I've heard about for regular working people, they're completely fucked.
And btw, I think we should stop calling them "farmer." It sounds sweet and innocent. But we don't really have actual farmers any more. Sure, a lot of people are still holding on, and you have to admire that. But this time next century, the only place you'll find a farmer is in a history book.
But I digress.
The thing is though, we're being set up for multiple fuckups down the road. Farmers kill dairy cows and butcher them. That fixes the immediate problem, but what happens when you, IDK, maybe need dairy cows.
We also see the same sort of thing happen with our pointless trade "war" with China. Soy farmers had no where to sell billions of tons of product to anyone. The price crashes and you can't give the shit away. That means that since the price is so low, many farmers will have to switch crops. Beyond that, there's virtually no chance of the Chinese business coming back. That's going to put a lot of people out of business