the future of america will be the world s dominant producer of energy in by the end of the trump administration in six years. if you don t think it will be clean coal? well that s part of the solution, you can make flex fuels out of it. what are you think about the tariff war? you know what i think the good tradewise, trump put america first and so the last. do you work in the soybean field or harley-davidson? it s like when i go to the gym, no pain no gain. i don t go that often but i ve heard people say that. the soybean farmers, not big fans. the people who work at coca-cola, caterpillars workert a trade war or did we get a better deal? we haven t seen the final product there yet. we are moving towards progress. we got a better deal. could we have gotten the deal with the president didn t
iowan s soybean field, there may be a metaphor in that. i m worried some. i m concerned. reporter: what about iowan hulk farmers. anxious times, no doubt about it. reporter: because in april, china slapped an extra 25% tariff on imports of american pork. the pigs you re talking 200 to $300 million impact already. reporter: now china threatens something similar on soybeans. two largest economies on earth locked in a trade war largely over intellectual property in the tech industry. we get punished, we as agriculture, so to speak, that was a good one. reporter: iowa gets hit hard, one of the top soybean producers and the top pork producer. did you vote for president trump? yes, i did. reporter: you voted for president trump? yes, i did. i have to come to iowa. reporter: his tariff-laden trade policies may now hit his
the cross fire with retaliatory tariffs nick has more on that. dark clouds over a soybean field. i m worried some. i m concerned. what about hog farmers? no doubt about it. locked in a trade war. we get punished.
so that s a big deal. america is the number one producer of soybeans. in the united states, one of every three rows you see driving down the road of a soybean field will end up in china. brad is a sixth generation farmer in his family, like many, he s hoping the tariff threats don t become a reality. we want to encourage both governments to continue the dialogue. you would like cooler heads to prevail. make sure cooler heads prevail in this whole situation. for pork producer dave, just the threat of tariffs on pork have had a significant impact on the price he gets today for his pigs. a market hog right now is only worth about $100. it takes me about $120 to produce it. he says he s losing about $2,000 a week, and he s already thinking of going to the banks for loans. but crop prices aren t the only thing a trade war might jeopardize.
military aviation mishaps. you remember back in june the marine plane went down, landed in a soybean field in mississippi. in august, there was an osprey that crashed off the coast of us a tram i can australia, blackha been going on. they are trying to figure out whether or not the mishaps are related to readiness and related to a lack of training because of a shortfall of funds. we ll try to find out more about this mishap and the state of that personnel who endured some injuries. all right, hans, keep us updated. new relief efforts from the devastation in puerto rico under way this morning with one u.s. airline offering its support. delta air lines conducting relief flights today from jfk to san juan carrying fema workers and emergency supplies. governor scott says he is meeting with president trump in washington today to brief him after his visit to the island