Source: Kevin Frey, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 4/2/19

North Carolina farm leaders are closely monitoring the president’s threat to shut down the southern border. The president doubled down on his call to close the border with Mexico Tuesday. Mexico is one of the Tar Heel State’s top trading partners, meaning any halt to trade would hit the bottom line. A border shutdown could be salt in the wound for farmers, many of them still recovering from Hurricane Florence. “We view it as very serious and are just waiting to see what will happen,” said Larry Wooten, president of North Carolina Farm Bureau.

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