hope that we can end the year with some margin. it s been a very tight farming margins the last five or six years. and they ve only gotten tighter. so it takes a lot of patience and a lot of optimism to make it through this. tony, soybean farmer, the president of the wisconsin soybean association. for what looks like the first time in recent history. democrats in all corners of the party appear to be united on one front, the impeachment inquiry into president trump and even the president seems to have taken notice. the fake moderates on the left are telling the same lies they did under the last administration, but the last administration, frankly, was moderate compared to the maniacs you re hearing from today. these are maniacs. that s why they do the impeachment crap because they know they can t beat us fairly. joining me now montana s governor, steve bullock, who joining the ranks of his
trade policy eating away at profits for some u.s. farmers. it s not just the physical ache from today s hard work that this soybean farmer is feeling. it gets to be kind of a pain. it s also the stress of not knowing how much money he will bring in amidst the president s trade wars. it s forcing him to find other ways to stay afloat. delay equipment replacement. find cheaper seed and do things differently than you normally would do. reporter: according to the state farm bureau, tariffs cost nebraska farmers $1 billion in lost revenue this year alone. beyond nebraska, midwest farmers in illinois, minnesota and wisconsin are also feeling the strain as bankruptcies
the administration s hard line trade policy eating away at profits for some u.s. farmers. it s not just the physical ache from today s hard work that this soybean farmer is feeling. it gets to be kind of a pain. it s also the stress of not knowing how much money he will bring in amidst the president s trade wars. it s forcing him to find other ways to stay afloat. delay equipment replacement. find cheaper seed and do things differently than you normally would do. reporter: according to the state farm bureau, tariffs cost nebraska farmers $1 billion in lost revenue this year alone. beyond nebraska, midwest farmers in illinois, minnesota and wisconsin are also feeling the strain as bankruptcies
sector. i wrote about this a couple months ago. i have some clients and people who are farmers, soybean farmers, 100% of their business has come from china over the past few years. i sympathize with their plight. sometimes i think to myself president trump has been talking about going after china for 10 years even longer. when a guy like that gets elected president and you see the storm clouds on the horizon, do you have some alternative products or alternative suppliers? do you make changes? leland: i talked to a lot of soybean farmers. there is not another soybean market. it s what this market was. completely agree. without attacking soybean farmers, good people and trying hard. there are alternative products that can be farmed on that same land and some moves that a soybean farmer could make to temper the blow. i won t agree with the president 100%. there are some small business owners that can t do anything about it. leland: a lot of people
donald trump and his campaign think he can count on rural voters and be but had you trade and agriculture policies are a disaster for rural america and american farmers. and they are quite obviously making that consistency a problem for him right now. just scan the headlines that trump s getting out are farm country. national farmers union condemns new tariffs. quote, trump is making things worse. farmers, this from the. jon: the government put us in the government has put us in this situation. a soy bean farmer in ohio saying, quote, i couldn t vote for trump again, have i to protect my business.