OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than 2,000 farmers from across the U.S. and Canada shared concerns at a Nebraska convention about low crop prices in the wake of President Donald Trump’s trade dispute with China.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that farmers met in Omaha for an annual convention hosted by Farmers Business Network, an independent farmer-to-farmer network.
Brian Brown farms corn and soybeans with his son near Central City and attended the convention. He says farmers want more access to China’s market, which is largely closed after the dominant export market nearly stopped buying U.S. soybeans in response to Trump’s trade tariffs.
Brown says many people will go out of business if the economy doesn’t change.
A Nebraska Farm Bureau report says the trade dispute has already cost Nebraska farmers more than $1 billion.