Trumps War Against US Farmers

Four members of Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking that cherry growers be included in a $12 billion aid package the Trump administration is expected to soon roll out for American farmers.

With U.S. farm products getting slammed by retaliatory tariffs, the Trump administration is prepared to start its emergency plan for agribusiness starting right after Labor Day in a `three-pronged approach` that will initially include $4.7 billion in payments to producers of seven commodities, the government said Monday.

President Trump`s war against Canadian dairy is the wrong battle to be fighting.

Following months of escalating trade tensions, China is sending a message to U.S. farmers: China doesn’t need U.S. soybeans.

The Trump administration has delivered two blows to American farmers: one deals with exemptions to biofuels’ rules while the other is tariffs on China. The financial difficulties they now face may cost Trump the next presidential election.

Breaking off from a tour of dairy operations on a farm in upstate New York, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tramps across a muddy path to take a sample of sweet corn from an adjacent field.

American farmers already have been impacted by retaliatory tariffs from the U.S.-China trade war and the ratcheting of tensions once gain is unfortunate and comes at a lousy time, according to Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.  

As U.S.-China trade tensions continue to escalate, some commentators believe that this might be the new normal.

Wisconsin`s Trek Bicycle Corp. says tariffs on China-made bikes would cost it $30 million a year.