Farmers face challenges as trade policies threaten agricultural profits

IOWA (KMTV) – Dave Mulhbauer, a fifth-generation farmer in Iowa, says equipment, fertilizer and other essential farming supplies have increased, making it increasingly difficult to generate a profit.

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Iowa farmers are grappling with shrinking profit margins as rising costs and new international trade policies create uncertainty in the agricultural sector.

Dave Mulhbauer, a fifth-generation farmer in Iowa, says equipment, fertilizer and other essential farming supplies have increased due to tariffs, creating razor-thin margins and making it increasingly difficult to generate a profit.

"It definitely makes you scratch your head and really put your pencil to paper to figure out how things are going to work out. But its bigger than the farming community itself, it affe