As Tariffs Rise, One Family’s Fields Tell the Real Cost of the Trade War

By Aallyah Wright

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Willis Nelson, a third-generation farmer in eastern Louisiana, was hoping to avoid the worst.

The 38-year-old farms 4,000 acres in Sondheimer with his brothers and father. They grow row crops such as corn, cotton, and soybean, which are the leading U.S. agricultural exports that are sold to a global market. 

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