US farmers back Trump but face pain from China tariff threats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "It won't be near as prolonged as it was the first time because they know he's serious," said Texas Agriculture Secretary Sid Miller, who worked to elect Trump.
45% : Trump would also likely hit imports from other countries farmers would want to sell into with tariffs.
43% : China targeted the U.S. farm community with retaliatory tariffs on imports of American agricultural goods, after Trump imposed tariffs on a wide range of goods from China.
41% : "I think it's terribly naive of anyone to think that the election of Trump and the Republican party will be positive for agriculture," said Jay O'Neil, a grain industry consultant and former economist at Kansas State UniversityA new round of trade wars would come at a tough time.
39% : Such declines worry Dave Kestel, a corn and soy grower in Manhattan, Illinois, who used a plow to carve "Trump" in giant letters in a farm field ahead of the election.
35% : Trump, who beat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, has vowed to impose a 60% tariff on Chinese goods and at least a 10% levy on all other imports in his second term.
34% : "People on the other side are saying 'Oh my god, he's going to impose these tariffs,'" said Kestel, who voted for Trump.
30% : Farmers typically back him even though the U.S. agriculture sector was one of the hardest hit during the U.S.-China trade war that Trump fought during his first administration.
24% : Beijing failed to meet obligations for U.S. agricultural purchases under a 2020 trade deal signed with Trump to end the trade war, according to the Census Bureau.
22% : But Trump is threatening new tariffs on Chinese imports, and China is likely to reciprocate.

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