ANNVILLE, Pennsylvania — When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made her first visit as a Cabinet official to Pennsylvania last month, the jury was still out on the effect of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on American agriculture.
Rollins cautioned people not to overreact as she visited Talview Dairy for a tour. This happened days before Trump raised tariffs on Chinese products to 145%, which led China to place a 125% tariff on U.S. goods.
Those concerns were alleviated when the White House announced a 90-day trade truce with China and the U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated forecast projecting higher corn exports, which had farmers nationwide breathing a sigh of relief.
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Rollins, who grew up on a family farm in Glen Rose, Texas, said she knows
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