The Georgia Peanut Commission is kicking off another year of their Through the Eyes of a Farmer video series. Their goal is to share the stories of peanut producers in the state.
that they may have to lay off people they can only absorb you know the head on their profit margins for so long and then. be competitive competitive they can t sell think can t sell they have to lay off. according to a recent analysis which should tell with its focus on aerospace manufacturing and agriculture us more exposed to chinese terrorists than any although us metro area but it s not easy to find business people ready to talk about that some of the meat off camera that they don t want to be seen to contradict president in this deeply conservative state for now many manufacturers here say they re holding their own but with one in four dollars in which the us economy coming from exports to tariffs are expected to have a huge impact an estimated twenty thousand jobs are at stake and at the moment it s the farmers who are paying the biggest toll one of them is keith miller at third generation farmer. he s been the rat for the last three years now he s afraid of
reporter: that reached the cranberry bogs of massachusetts. we don t want to be punished for just being from america. reporter: market uncertainty stretches into kentucky s bourbon distilleries, across potato fields of idaho and back here in nebraska, soybeans. right now it is a lot of pain we re going through. reporter: third generation farmer hopes the president he voted for will end this trade war. every day the tariffs are going on is costing farmers millions of dollars. reporter: as producers wait for trump s exit strategy, his chief economic adviser says we re in a stalemate with china. trade negotiations are kind of stalled. reporter: and the president s handpicked fed chair warns these tactics could stunt economic growth. countries that go into more protectionist direction have done worse. reporter: on capitol hill we caught up with lawmakers from trump voting states calling for the administration to pull back. do you understand what farmers and ranches
getting fresh squeezed orange juice to front doors across america. now it s found in the coldest part of nearly every grocery store. how are you? good to see you. you re in the coldest part of the store. reporter: becca kerr says years later. everyone at tropicana is proud of anthony and that early idea. he was the one who came up with pasteurizing the juice, right? that s right, and that s what allows you to take it beyond the grove. reporter: and it all comes from the hand-picked oranges. what is it about the florida orange? florida oranges are great for making juice. california is great for eating and florida oranges are the best for juicing. reporter: we went to find them in sarasota, florida, where third generation farmer, rick turner, has been on the farm for 30 years. orange juice is made in florida. that s it. the florida citrus growers are so proud to be part of that. reporter: picked and t tropicana s plant, where 900 workers juice and bottle them. famil
mouth shut. reporter: tony, third generation farmer and now owner of a vineyards in ohio s wine country, a registered democrat who voted for trump. is he the perfect guy? no, he s not. reporter: but you voted for him? he s the only guy there that showed signs of change? reporter: nine county of ohio flipped from obama to trump in 2016, none by more than here, a ashtabula county. trump did even better and beat clinton by 19 points. that s a whopping 31.7-point swing. i voted out of rebel ion of what s happening in washington. reporter: fighting between republicans and democrats. i m not willing to depend on that. reporter: j.p. is a new republican county commissioner here, swept in on the trump wave. first 100 days in office, how is he doing?