‘No End in Sight’ for Farmers Feeling Pain of Trump’s Trade War
- Republican senators warn of waning patience in the Heartland
- Soybean futures plunge to lowest prices in more than a decade
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American farmers, among Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters, face mounting financial pain from the president’s trade war with China and the growing risk that the damage will outlast the conflict.
The standoff with China over trade is compounding the strain of five years of falling commodity prices and losses from spring flooding. And as the dispute drags on, China is forging relationships with competing suppliers, and farmers in other countries are reorienting operations to cater to the Chinese markets.