As Minnesota farmers wrap up soybean harvest, they’re facing another round of challenges from trade tensions, rising costs, and the ongoing government shutdown. Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish says the combination of tariffs and policy uncertainty is weighing heavily on farm income this fall. “The losses are extremely higher than what we’ve seen before, and the previous administration paid out $28 billion to farmers and that didn’t recover all the losses either,” he said. “We already deal with weather and markets all the time, but this is a level of uncertainty that’s really self-inflicted.”
