Aaron Lehman

Yeah, for me, it was hearing it on the farm news.

Yeah, for me, it was hearing it on the farm news.

Yeah, for me, it was hearing it on the farm news.

To be honest, I think like a lot of farmers, we were thinking, okay, this might be posturing. This might be some saber rattling.

To be honest, I think like a lot of farmers, we were thinking, okay, this might be posturing. This might be some saber rattling.

To be honest, I think like a lot of farmers, we were thinking, okay, this might be posturing. This might be some saber rattling.

Well, I think it escalated and escalated and escalated.

Well, I think it escalated and escalated and escalated.

Well, I think it escalated and escalated and escalated.

So farmers at that point are scrambling to try to find ways to tighten their belts.

So farmers at that point are scrambling to try to find ways to tighten their belts.

So farmers at that point are scrambling to try to find ways to tighten their belts.

For farmers like me, you know, I'm the fifth generation on our farm, and the age of the average farmer in Iowa is 57 years old, and it's only getting older. So the need to bring the next generation of farmers back to the land is extremely important. Well, you're not going to do that in a time of crisis.

For farmers like me, you know, I'm the fifth generation on our farm, and the age of the average farmer in Iowa is 57 years old, and it's only getting older. So the need to bring the next generation of farmers back to the land is extremely important. Well, you're not going to do that in a time of crisis.

For farmers like me, you know, I'm the fifth generation on our farm, and the age of the average farmer in Iowa is 57 years old, and it's only getting older. So the need to bring the next generation of farmers back to the land is extremely important. Well, you're not going to do that in a time of crisis.

So it's no fault of their own when they have built up these trade relationships for years and years and years and then a flip is switched and all of a sudden all that work gets yanked.

So it's no fault of their own when they have built up these trade relationships for years and years and years and then a flip is switched and all of a sudden all that work gets yanked.

So it's no fault of their own when they have built up these trade relationships for years and years and years and then a flip is switched and all of a sudden all that work gets yanked.

So there was talk about, OK, is there a way to help farmers who are impacted? So that's when we started hearing about possible trade payments.

So there was talk about, OK, is there a way to help farmers who are impacted? So that's when we started hearing about possible trade payments.

So there was talk about, OK, is there a way to help farmers who are impacted? So that's when we started hearing about possible trade payments.

It came from the administration, from the USDA, and the plan was to use the Commodity Credit Corporation.

It came from the administration, from the USDA, and the plan was to use the Commodity Credit Corporation.

It came from the administration, from the USDA, and the plan was to use the Commodity Credit Corporation.