A key deadline is set to lapse Monday that could lead to permanent U.S. tariffs on Mexican tomato imports, with costs potentially hitting American consumers when the weather turns cold later this year.
Farmers’ discontent over President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China erupted into the open Wednesday as his agriculture secretary was confronted at a fair in rural Minnesota.
Grain-market watchers lashed out at USDA after the agency on Wednesday tweeted that farmers planted 91.7 million acres of corn this year, citing data that many traders believe is inaccurate.
