NEW ORLEANS - James Davis had the best year in his entire farming career this year.

The third-generation Black row crop farmer estimated picking almost 1,300 pounds of cotton, an average of 50 bushels of soybeans, and an average of around 155 bushels of corn on 2,500 acres of his farmland in northeast Louisiana.

But with U.S. commodities facing steep retaliatory tariffs overseas, he says he and many other farmers can't sell their crops for enough to cover the loans they take out to fund the growing season.

The tariffs, Davis said, are making it almost impossible to survive.

"To have that kind of yield and still not be able to pay all your bills, that tells you something is broken in the farming industry," Davis said.

In order to plan for next year, farmers need relief now, Davis sai

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