Farm trade and markets
How tariffs, trade deals and imports affect where American farmers, ranchers and fishermen can sell what they produce, at home and abroad, and the prices they get.
What they call for
DemocratsRepublicans8 new members addressed this issue (with these filters). Many call for more than one thing.
End the current tariffs and trade wars6Open and expand markets for American farm products4Cap or remove tariffs on farm inputs like fertilizer and equipment2Ensure fair markets and trade policies for farmers2Limit foreign imports that undercut American farmers2Give farmers aid for losses from tariffs and trade disruptions2Expand biofuels like E15 to create markets for crops2Give farmers stable and predictable trade policy1
End the current tariffs and trade wars
6 members“Support Our Farmers and Stop Chaotic Tariffs. Tariffs drive up costs on farmers who have to pass the costs along to restaurants, grocery stores and hardworking North Carolinians.”View on their website ↗
“The administration’s chaotic tariffs are wreaking havoc on farmers, who can barely get by because their costs are being driven up (CBS 17, March 2026). Roy would put an end to these tariffs, and make sure that farmers who keep our state moving can thrive.”View on their website ↗
“Abdul will fight back against Donald Trump’s illegal trade wars and work to refund farmers for the costs his devastating tariffs have inflicted on farms across the state.”View on their website ↗
“She will fight to reverse the damage caused by Trump’s tariffs and prevent him from destroying export markets that may never return.”View on their website ↗
“Peggy supports eliminating tariffs that are devastating Minnesota farmers, while maintaining those protections that are vital for industries like Minnesota iron mining, and ensuring that farmers receive aid to support them as we rebuild the agricultural market access Trump has destroyed.”View on their website ↗
“Protect Kansas farmers from tariffs and expand export markets for Kansas products. Farmers in Kansas are being hit hard from all sides –hundreds of farms closed last year, in large part because tariffs drove up the cost of equipment and hurt exports of Kansas products. We should immediately get rid of tariffs that are hurting our farmers’ ability to make a living,double funding for USDA’s export promotion programs – an investment economists project would generate more than $44 billion in new agricultural exports, much of it Kansas wheat, sorghum, and beef. And Congress should re-engage in trade policy and push for new market access agreements.”View on their website ↗
“Repeal policies that are hurting Texas farmers and ranchers: Oppose new foreign beef imports like the Argentina buyout and cuts to essential USDA programs that protect our herd from pests like the New World Screwworm, and remove the Trump Administration’s tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports.”View on their website ↗
“Farmers across Iowa are supporting Josh because they know he’ll fight for common-sense policies that protect family farms including stopping the Hinson-backed tariffs, ending the war in Iran, and passing a comprehensive Farm Bill, and championing legislation to deliver year-round, nationwide E15, Right to Repair, and Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling.”View on their website ↗
“End the chaotic tariffs that are sending farms toward a 1980s-style farm crisis.”View on their website ↗
Open and expand markets for American farm products
4 members“Abdul will fight for federal incentives to invest in biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuels, to give Michigan family farmers more domestic markets for their products in the face of Donald Trump’s trade wars that have eliminated export markets.”View on their website ↗
“Peggy will fight for markets for our farmers.”View on their website ↗
“She will fight to reverse the damage caused by Trump’s tariffs and prevent him from destroying export markets that may never return.”View on their website ↗
“Peggy supports eliminating tariffs that are devastating Minnesota farmers, while maintaining those protections that are vital for industries like Minnesota iron mining, and ensuring that farmers receive aid to support them as we rebuild the agricultural market access Trump has destroyed.”View on their website ↗
“Protect Kansas farmers from tariffs and expand export markets for Kansas products. Farmers in Kansas are being hit hard from all sides –hundreds of farms closed last year, in large part because tariffs drove up the cost of equipment and hurt exports of Kansas products. We should immediately get rid of tariffs that are hurting our farmers’ ability to make a living,double funding for USDA’s export promotion programs – an investment economists project would generate more than $44 billion in new agricultural exports, much of it Kansas wheat, sorghum, and beef. And Congress should re-engage in trade policy and push for new market access agreements.”View on their website ↗
“Our Iowa farmers are the very, very best in the world, and what they need is they need markets, they don’t need subsidies”View on their website ↗
“We need fair tariff situations. So again, so that our farmers can actually have markets in this.”View on their website ↗
Cap or remove tariffs on farm inputs like fertilizer and equipment
2 members“He will support the Tariff Free Farming Act, which would cap tariffs on seed, fertilizer, feed, fuel, machinery, and other farm inputs at their January 2025 levels, even under emergency trade powers.”View on their website ↗
“Repeal policies that are hurting Texas farmers and ranchers: Oppose new foreign beef imports like the Argentina buyout and cuts to essential USDA programs that protect our herd from pests like the New World Screwworm, and remove the Trump Administration’s tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports.”View on their website ↗
Ensure fair markets and trade policies for farmers
2 members“Bring back trade policies that protect South Carolina’s jobs and farms”View on their website ↗
“We need fair tariff situations. So again, so that our farmers can actually have markets in this.”View on their website ↗
Limit foreign imports that undercut American farmers
2 members“I’ll push for targeted, negotiated trade protections for Michigan’s specialty crops.”View on their website ↗
“Unlike the reckless blanket tariffs that raise farmers’ costs and invite retaliation, I’ll focus duties squarely at the foreign producers who dump below-cost goods into our markets and undercut Michigan farmers who play by the rules.”View on their website ↗
“Repeal policies that are hurting Texas farmers and ranchers: Oppose new foreign beef imports like the Argentina buyout and cuts to essential USDA programs that protect our herd from pests like the New World Screwworm, and remove the Trump Administration’s tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports.”View on their website ↗
Give farmers aid for losses from tariffs and trade disruptions
2 members“Abdul will fight back against Donald Trump’s illegal trade wars and work to refund farmers for the costs his devastating tariffs have inflicted on farms across the state.”View on their website ↗
“Peggy supports eliminating tariffs that are devastating Minnesota farmers, while maintaining those protections that are vital for industries like Minnesota iron mining, and ensuring that farmers receive aid to support them as we rebuild the agricultural market access Trump has destroyed.”View on their website ↗
Expand biofuels like E15 to create markets for crops
2 members“Abdul will fight for federal incentives to invest in biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuels, to give Michigan family farmers more domestic markets for their products in the face of Donald Trump’s trade wars that have eliminated export markets.”View on their website ↗
“Farmers across Iowa are supporting Josh because they know he’ll fight for common-sense policies that protect family farms including stopping the Hinson-backed tariffs, ending the war in Iran, and passing a comprehensive Farm Bill, and championing legislation to deliver year-round, nationwide E15, Right to Repair, and Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling.”View on their website ↗
Give farmers stable and predictable trade policy
1 member“Farmers and their families deserve a government that does everything in its power to provide market and infrastructure stability today and ensure that future generations can choose to farm their family’s land.”View on their website ↗
Raised the issue without a specific call
1 member“Jon Husted has voted 13 times to continue the reckless war in Iran that raised the price of fertilizer and diesel, and he continues to support the tariffs that are hurting farmers.”View on their website ↗
From January 3, the class of 2026 is in hearings
Search congressional hearings. Get the clip.
Find what any member of Congress has said or asked in a hearing, and watch the moment it happened.
See plans
Search launches soon. The transcript archive is free now.







