'We're getting a double hit': Mississippi farmers, slammed by weather and tariffs, still say they

[TexasTowelie]

‘We’re getting a double hit’: Mississippi farmers, slammed by weather and tariffs, still say they support president


Roger Campbell, age 67, who farms about 2,000 acres with his two brothers in Prentiss, Lee and Itawamba counties in northeast Mississippi, says he farms because “it is what I know.”

For 51 springs, he has put seeds in the ground, just as his father did.

But the combination of uncertainty caused by tariffs imposed on American farmers by China and the unusually wet spring is testing the nerve of most Mississippi farmers, including Campbell.

“I enjoy farming,” said Campbell, who farms with his brothers, Tony and Mike. “Of course, I don’t want to lose money. You can’t long in this business. The equipment is so expensive.”

Read more: https://mississippitoday.org/2019/05/28/were-getting-a-double-hit-mississippi-farmers-slammed-by-weather-and-tariffs-still-say-they-support-president/