US EditionFarmers weigh Trump’s trade war like they watch the weather, waiting to see how things go
- Farmers Matt Griggs in Humboldt, Tennessee, and Dan Glessing near Waverly, Minnesota, monitor the 2025 U.S.-China trade war during planting season.
- The trade tensions intensified after U.S. Tariffs rose to 145% and China retaliated with 125%, though a 90-day truce was announced on Monday.
- Griggs, who farms 1,600 acres of crops including soybeans, and Glessing, who grows corn and soybeans, are cautiously adjusting planting and sales amid price volatility.
- Griggs said, "We're only on a 90-day pause," and economist Joe Janzen noted that markets have largely rebounded to levels before April 2 tariffs.
- Farmers remain wary as export levels to China have not fully recovered since 2018, and both face challenges like rising input costs and uncertain market demand.
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Farmers take a wait-and-see approach to Trump’s trade war
Minnesota farmer Dan Glessing isn’t ready to get too upset over President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Farm country voted heavily for Trump last November. Now Glessing and many other farmers are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Republican president’s disputes with China and other international markets. China normally would buy about one row out of every four of the Minnesota soybean crop and took in nearly $13 billion worth of soybeans fr…
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Farmers weigh Trump's trade war like they watch the weather, waiting to see how things go
Farm country voted heavily for Donald Trump last November. Now many farmers are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Republican president’s disputes with China and other international markets.
Farmers weigh diversity of crops against trade wars, weather
In this video from The Associated Press, Matt Griggs talks about his farm in Humboldt, Tennessee. Farmers in the United States are paying close attention to the ongoing trade war between the United State and China, especially as planting season has begun. Matt Griggs, owner of Griggs Farms, LLC, is a fifth-generation farmer in Tennessee whose farm dates back to 1882 and raises approximately 1,600 acres of cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat. China …
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VICTORIA – Premier David Eby is pushing back against the U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric around U.S.-Canada dairy trade, as the province marks this year’s B.C. Dairy Day. Eby and Agriculture Minister Lana Popham doled out cups of strawberry and salted caramel ice cream from a truck outside the B.C. Legislature today. The sweet stunt was billed as a celebration of the dairy industry’s contribution to the province’s food security and econom…
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