Original Publish Date » April 7 , 2025
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Lauren Scott / CBC News » “Most farmers are pretty used to adversary things and situations like this,” Doug Sombke, president of the South Dakota Farmers Union, said. “But I think many of them were actually struck and shocked.”
The tariffs are having a “devastating effect on both ends” for producers in the state, who will likely see the price they’re paid for their product go down amid tariffs and counter-tariffs, even as the cost of fertilizer and equipment rises, Sombke said.
There were already drops in market prices after Trump announced the latest tariffs this week, he noted.
“This was just a horrible idea,” he said.” Whoever thought that tariffs were good for the country, they really don’t understand civics and/or economics very well.”
