For the men and women who work the land, who tend the livestock, and who call the heartland home, the challenges facing our farmers are real. In rural America, The Trump administration inherited a farm economy that saw the cost of doing business skyrocket under the previous administration. Commodity prices plummeted from a 30 year high. Farm income experienced historic declines in those four years. Our farmers saw not one new trade deal in those four years under the last administration. (02:49–02:57)
CLAIM
Asserts that the cost of doing business in the farm economy increased significantly under the previous administration.
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