Yup

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/22/why-the-us-is-growing-less-food.html

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labor, 
labor,
labor,
and labor,
did i mention labor

I’ll read this later tonight, but I’m gonna guess animal agriculture and corn subsidies are partially to blame. I’m sure they’ll point to rising costs too as the reason for importing so much from Mexico.

This is a big problem: "The largest and wealthiest farms growing the "big five" crops (corn, soy, wheat, cotton and rice) receive the majority, raking in more than 78% of those federal dollars over the past 22 years"