Farmers from Iowa, Kansas, and Tennessee warned that renewed tariff threats are squeezing margins, disrupting export markets, and making it harder to plan for upcoming growing seasons, as buyers increasingly view the U.S. as an unreliable trading partner.

Speakers said the impacts linger well beyond the initial trade fight, pointing to lost overseas customers, lingering damage from earlier tariff rounds, and added strain from cuts to programs like USAID that supported key crops such as sorghum.