Wisconsin farmers lost money because of international tariff wars during 2019, despite Market Facilitation Program payments.
An Iowa State University study is showing that Wisconsin farmers were about $522 million short of what they lost due to retaliatory tariffs and other trade losses. The state is among 42 in which farmers lost money, it said.
Minnesota and Iowa are among the eight states cited as coming out ahead after the MFP payments. They joined North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas and Montana in that positive status.
The study says that farmers in California, the nation’s leading agricultural state — led the deficit states at about $8 billion after the MFP payments. Texas farmers lost more than $4 billion and Illinois farmers lost about $1 billion.
— Bob Bosold
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