As Trump settles scores with China, American farmers pick up tab
Story Date: 10/5/2018

 

Source: THE FARMER, 10/4/18


While the new U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade deal brought some signs of relief to American farmers, most of the heartland economy is still suffering from the blow of Donald Trump’s trade war with China. Take for instance April Hemmes, who grows soybeans and corn on 1,000 acres in Iowa. She locked in prices for half of her soy crop between March and June because of the “rumblings of tariffs.”

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