Iowa corn and soybean prices fall as heavy new tariffs on major export buyers Canada, Mexico and China take effect

Blizzard conditions from Iowa to near Lake Superior will subside later Wednesday, as a powerful low-pressure system lifts from near Lake Michigan into eastern Canada.  The storm’s trailing cold front will continue to generate locally severe thunderstorms until exiting the Atlantic Seaboard Wednesday afternoon.

Several farmers are telling North Carolina-based local news station WXII 12 that their anxiety is spiking thanks to President Donald Trump's trade wars. With massive tariffs set to go into effect next week on Canada and Mexico,

As new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China officially took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Iowa farmers are voicing concerns over the potential economic fallout.

Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture warns farmers to brace for the impact of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. ag exports. Mike Naig tells Brownfield Canada has already retaliated and Mexico is expected to. “Factually,

Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart says President Trump’s new import tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China will have a negative impact on […]

At one minute past midnight this morning, President Trump imposed a 25-percent tariff on all goods being brought into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, Iowa’s two largest trading partners. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley predicts it will likely mean Iowa consumers will soon start having to pay more for a wide range of products.

Countries that currently have a tariff on goods coming from the U.S. will have the same tariff put on their goods that are entering the U.S.

Iowa corn and soybean prices fall as heavy new tariffs on major export buyers Canada, Mexico and China take effect

As new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China officially took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Iowa farmers are voicing concerns over the potential economic fallout.

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, U.S. farmers have lost money on “almost every major crop planted” in the last three years. “Adding even more costs and reducing markets for American agricultural goods,” federation president Zippy Duvall said in a statement, “could create an economic burden some farmers may not be able to bear.”

Canadian and Chinese officials say they were already helping reduce fentanyl smuggling. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said fentanyl crossing the northern border is "near zero."