Caught Between Trump's Tariffs And Tax Changes, Soybean Farmers Face Uncertain Future

Source https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/26/660850235/caught-between-trump-s-tariffs-and-tax-changes-soybean-farmers-face-uncertain-fu?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Soybeans are unloaded onto a truck in Tiskilwa, Ill.

A daunting trifecta is threatening many Midwest farmers’ profit margin: wet fields, stubbornly low crop prices exacerbated by a trade war with China — and some twists from the new tax law.

(Image credit: Daniel Acker/Getty Images)

Source https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/26/660850235/caught-between-trump-s-tariffs-and-tax-changes-soybean-farmers-face-uncertain-fu?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Soybeans are unloaded onto a truck in Tiskilwa, Ill.

A daunting trifecta is threatening many Midwest farmers’ profit margin: wet fields, stubbornly low crop prices exacerbated by a trade war with China — and some twists from the new tax law.

(Image credit: Daniel Acker/Getty Images)

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