Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Missouri grows $88 billion of soybean a year. Any agricultural subsidy proposed by President Trump is not going to close the gap if countries paying tariffs find other sources. This is food for people. I just think USA agriculture is so vital to feeding the world and it works so well, I question the judgement surrounding tariffs that will set this on it’s ear. Tariffs will ultimately cut the acres produced in the USA. This shift in policy wasn’t even debated. I think there is questionable power in the Executive Branch to effect this degree of disruption. These issues belong to the legislature unless it is a national emergency. I can’t imagine an emergency with agriculture that would require this level of change in policy.