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there s just a lot of business decisions that just need a little more clarity. as farmers we don t just stop what we re doing. we can t just shut down operations. there s too much at stake. my message to washington is to quit the bickering, sit down and understand that the people across the nation are affected by this in one, way, shape, matter or form. ron hilliard joins me now. good to see you. clearly, these farmers feeling the pain. first of all, just talk about what you re learning on the ground, but also, are they blaming the president for this or are they blaming democrats in congress? reporter: exactly. that s a good question that you ask. you just heard from brent, brian and jimmy and what they told you right there was essentially in the farming operation here in iowa is there s a lot of uncertainty and we are standing on the farm of doug townsend. his family farm has been running
here since 1896. it s like drinking out of a fire hose here out of the last year. you have the impact of the tariffs, struggling, trying to barely make a profit and now you ve got the government shutdown on their hands and what the situation is with the government shutdown is the usda, every single january they put out a report essentially it tells these farmers what the demand is for the different commodities in terms of planning for what it is they should be planting, corn or soybeans or wheat and they don t have that report and they re actively right now trying to plan out what to buy. ultimately, that means for seed and fertilizer and to your question there, casey, who are they blaming in this? all four of the gentlemen that we talked to up in northern iowa say they all want to see a compromise. doug thinks that mitch mcconnell should put the vote ultimately to the floor and the conversation about immigration should take place later and the other three gentlemen all said they need