Tariffs Force Tough Choices in Louisiana as Farmers Leave Soybeans in Fields to Rot

By Jodi Gralnick, CNBC

Daniel Richard stands in a 250-acre field, surveying the ruins of his hard work: Rotting soybeans as far as the eye can see. “We’re in unchartered waters,” says the fourth-generation Louisiana grain farmer. “We’ve been through tough times, but definitely nothing of this magnitude.”