Farmer members of the American Soybean Association do not support using tariffs, which now threaten important soybean export markets and raise input costs for farmers, as a negotiation tactic. “Farmers are frustrated,” said Caleb Ragland, ASA president and soy farmer from Kentucky. “Tariffs are not something to take lightly and have fun with.” He says not only do they hit family businesses square in the wallet, but they rock a core tenet on which trading relationships are built, and that is reliability.
