US midterm elections: North Carolina farmers hit hard by inflation

Home Shows Focus Video content Program Americas To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: FOCUS © FRANCE 24 06:30 Issued on: 02/11/2026 - 14:13Modified: 02/11/2026 - 14:14 From the show On the eve of the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump's unpopularity is impacting Republicans across the board. Many states with seats once considered Republican strongholds are now on shaky ground. One of them is North Carolina, a rural state where one in five jobs is tied to agriculture. Farmers there are facing immense economic uncertainty. A rise in diesel prices has come on top of soaring fertiliser costs and the impact of Trump's tariffs on the global market. So have Trump's policies affected their political loyalties? FRANCE 24's Fanny Allard reports, with Fraser Jackson.