US farmers face historic delays from flooded fields amid Trump tariffs originally appeared on abcnews.go.comLast week 600 acres of the Hurst family farm was underwater.Those acres already had been planted with corn, and Blake Hurst said the family now had to decide if there was time to replant soybeans
Those acres already had been planted with corn, and Blake Hurst said the family now had to decide if there was time to replant soybeans and take the chance the herbicide they used for corn had been washed away enough so it won't kill the new plants."It's just one damn thing after another," said Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau."This one you just sit around and watch it rain 'cause there's not a darn thing you can do about it.
The flooding this spring is the latest in a series of mounting concerns for American farmers in the last year, including lower demand for products amid trade disputes. Many farmers had hoped President Donald Trump would reach a trade deal with China and Congress would approve his new agreement with Mexico and Canada, resolving trade disputes that could help win back customers overseas.
The USDA has several programs for farmers and rural communities affected by severe weather, including to reimburse them for crops lost in floods, but it has not yet said if the planting delays will impact the recently announced aid package. Fields in states that grow corn like Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa are so flooded that the percent of fields that have been planted is lower than any other year in recorded history, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers. In some states like Illinois and South Dakota, the number of acres planted with corn is more than 60% below the average for this time of year.
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