Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the state’s farm economy is under serious stress, with many producers facing loan defaults and rising bankruptcies. He is calling for federal action to stabilize trade and create stronger domestic markets for crops. “We’re seeing calls to some of our helplines way up, and I’m asking people to take care of one another, but we’ve got to find a way out of this,” Walz said. “We’re asking to figure out something on these trade deals, and I’m also pushing here for what we can do to create domestic markets. The irony is we’re probably going to have record crops, but you’ve got to have a place to sell them, and the price has to be there.”
