Melissa Hughes: “Trump's tariffs are adding stress to the [farming] system.”

“Yeah, you know, I want to say that. That I heard this, and I was surprised, too, Pat, because I thought, oh, you know, Trump is staying away from the farmers … Trump's tariffs are adding stress to the [farming] system. … be able to plan and be able to be assure of, you know, they're getting ready to take their loans out and figure out how to pay off their loans from last year.” (14:51–15:07)

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