With the race for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio still more than a year away, the current climate for farmers is a growing issue.

Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democrat in the race, said there’s no question Ohio farmers have been hurt by tariffs and ineffective federal trade policy. China was a major customer of soybeans produced in Ohio, but since the 20% tariff was put in place, the country hasn't purchased any soybeans from the U.S. Brown said farmers should be made whole.

“If you are going to put farmers out of business with tariffs, with cutting off their markets, sure, we owe something to those farmers," Brown said in an interview, adding he has one big question of President Trump: “Why didn’t he let the market work?"

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