The Trump administration has announced a new trade mitigation program. John Torres, the government and industry affairs director with the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association, says while they’re appreciative, farmers would prefer to restore market activity between the U.S. and foreign trading partners. “At the end of the day farmers need access to open markets and access to our customers we spent a generation building,” he says. But, he says payments must be recalculated this time because a penny per bushel isn’t enough for corn farmers.
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