Frank Morris

2 weeks ago | marysvilleonline.net | Frank Morris

The U.S. trade war with China is coming at a tough time for American farmers, who are already dealing with lower crop prices and higher costs for farm necessities. Tariffs are likely to push crop prices further down, while increasing the costs for fertilizer and farm equipment. kAm%96 =2DE 76H J62CD 92G6 366? 6G6?E7F= 7@C 72C>6CD — ?@E :? 2 8@@5 H2J]k^Am kAm“xE’D 2 AC6EEJ E@F89 E:>6[” D2:5 v=6?? qCF?<@H[ H9@ 8C@HD 4@C? 2?5 D@J362?D ?62C (6DE>@C=2?5] “%9:D :D 23@FE 2D 8C:> @7 2 E:>6 2D xVG6 D66?

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Frank Morris

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2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Frank Morris

Its been a few weeks since President Trump put a pause on high import taxes on most US trading partners, while increasing tariffs on China. American farmers worry all the back and forth is setting up what could be the worst farm crisis in almost half a century. Copyright 2025 NPR

3 weeks ago | radio.kttz.org | Frank Morris

The last few years have been eventful for farmers — not in a good way. "It's a pretty tough time," said Glenn Brunkow, who grows corn and soybeans near Westmorland, Kansas. "This is about as grim of a time as I've seen for crop production. Nothing looks like it's going to make money right now."That's mainly because the prices for farm necessities have risen much faster than the price of the soybeans and corn that Brunkow grows.

3 weeks ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Frank Morris

A sense of foreboding is widespread this spring. “There's a whole bunch of things that are happening at the same time, and none of them are good,” said Vance Ehmke, who grows wheat, rye, and a forage crop called triticale in western Kansas. Ehmke believes that U.S. agriculture was in recession before the trade war. Now farmers’ exports are threatened by retaliatory tariffs.