Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, a somewhat unlikely lieutenant in the president’s trade war, is tasked with fending off a revolt from the heart of the president’s base. Source: NYT > Business – Alan Rappeport
Planting the Seeds of a Story With Farmers in the Midwest
We talked about weather cycles, commodity prices, tariffs and Trump. Then we drove off to the next field. Source: NYT > Business – Patricia Cohen
‘How Long Is Short-Term?’ Pain of Tariffs Tests Farmers’ Faith in Trump
The trade dispute with China has cost growers their No. 1 buyer, but they say the president is on the right course. Source: NYT > Business – Patricia Cohen