Canada’s tariffs that began this week on American goods, including beef products, are another trade concern for farmers’ bottom line. “Small and mid-sized farmers just can’t afford this increased in costs at any level,” says Casey Guernsey, spokesman for Americans for Farmers & Families.
Guernsey, a former Missouri State Representative, tells Brownfield Ag News the effects of trade retaliation are hitting farmers where it hurts, “My family, we’ve seen some of our customers begin selling off their breeding stock and that’s something that is a long-term consequence for any farming operation and certainly those of us who provide stock for other farms.
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