Soybean farmers in Wisconsin and across the country face a worsening crisis as reckless tariffs are causing soybean sales to plummet, prices to drop, and farming equipment and fertilizer prices to increase – and Derrick Van Orden is doing nothing to solve the problem, instead repeatedly voting to protect these tariffs.
Wisconsin farmers could lose more than $100 million per year of soybean revenue as China’s purchase of U.S. soybeans has plummeted, due to sweeping tariffs causing farmers to lose one of their most significant export markets.
And that’s as soybean prices are also dropping across the board – while farmers’ input costs are rising due to the impact of tariffs on the price of farm equipment and fertilizer.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Derrick Van Orden voted to protect reckless and chaotic tariffs that are threatening Wisconsin farmers’ livelihoods.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Derrick Van Orden promised to lower costs, but instead he’s backing reckless tariffs that are harming soybean farmers, raising families’ costs, and causing chaos for Wisconsinites. Van Orden cares more about pleasing special interests in Washington than he cares about addressing the crisis Wisconsin farmers face.”