Farmer patience on tariffs comes with caution flag for Trump
Story Date: 3/8/2019

 

Source: Kevin Freking, WRAL, 3/7/19

Iowa hog farmer Howard Hill is feeling the pinch from President Donald Trump's get-tough trade policies — his pigs are selling for less than it costs to raise them. It's a hit that Hill is willing to take for now, but his understanding also comes with a caution flag for the president. "We have patience, but we don't have unlimited patience," says Hill, who raises about 7,000 hogs a year near the central Iowa town of Cambridge.

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