Despite trade war reprieve, soybean farmers fear irreparable damage, lasting tariffs
By Caleb Greene
LSU Manship School News Service
Louisiana’s soybean farmers, still reeling from tariffs and low prices, experienced a win in December when President Donald Trump announced China had agreed to purchase $40 billion in U.S. agricultural products over the next two years.
“Hopefully we get back to business of old,” said Kyle McCann, assistant to the president at the Louisiana Farm Bureau. “When your No. 1 leaves, we (Louisiana) are impacted a little disproportionately as an export market.”