Tariffs, rising costs push ag industry to find new trade partners, markets

Tariffs and rising input costs for farmers are pushing Wisconsin’s ag industry to find new trade partners and new ways to use crops, farmers say. China this year placed no orders for soybeans from the U.S. amid the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war with the nation, which previously imported roughly two-thirds of the state’s crop.  The state produced just over $1.02 billion in soybeans ...