Food
It’s a Great Time to Be a Fancy Pork Farmer
Luxury as a hedge when a trade war comes to town
Source: White Oak Pastures
In a trade war, it pays to be off the grid.
Farmers have been on the front lines of Donald Trump’s tariff standoffs. Hog prices have tumbled in recent weeks as the U.S. production outlook swells while retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and China—countries that represent 40 percent of total pork exports—have left Americans with a ham glut.