Trump’s tariffs take their toll on U.S. producers

Canadian farmers are not the only ones reeling from the tariff wars. Minnesota farmer Cordell Huebsch recently said that U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariffs have seriously disrupted the agriculture sector in that country. “It’s a pretty devastating situation,” he said during the recent From Growers to Global Protein Markets webinar hosted by Pulse Canada and the Good Food Institute. “I don’t see the logic in it. It’s the most frustrating thing in the whole wide world to watch happen in front of our eyes.” The most frustrating part for Huebsch, who is a director of the Northarvest Bean Growers Association, is watching all his market development efforts and those of his predecessors being wiped out by the stroke of a pen. Export markets have evaporated for U.S. pulse growers, and so have domestic ones. U.S. government food aid programs that were once big buyers of certain pulses have been “decimated.” “I don’t have anything good to say about it,” said Huebsch. “It’s the most ...