# 'In the red this year': Tariffs on top of hot and dry growing season

> South Carolina row-crop farmers report a difficult 2019 due to heat, drought and low commodity prices. Cotton has fallen below break-even levels after China's retaliatory tariffs, and corn pollination was hurt by May heat.

- Date: 2019-11-03 · published 2019-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55891-in-the-red-this-year-tariffs-on-top-of-hot-and-dry-growing-season
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Tariff-driven export losses and weak prices push farmers toward losses, but this is local farm-level commentary with limited direct impact on feed commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-01-21 | [Trump to hold off on tariffs, report says, easing trade war fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12678-trump-to-hold-off-on-tariffs-report-says-easing-trade-war-fears.md) | -0.5% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2025-12-15 | [Farmers reflect on a growing season defined by erratic weather and fickle policy \| KXCV-KRNW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13035-farmers-reflect-on-a-growing-season-defined-by-erratic-weather-and-fickle.md) | +1.6% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2023-09-11 | [Supporting Sorghum Prices in the 2023/24 Season: Exports and Basis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34154-supporting-sorghum-prices-in-the-2023-24-season-exports-and-basis.md) | +0.9% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2019-06-19 | [China retains anti-dumping tariffs on U.S. distillers grains ahead of Trump-Xi talks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58683-china-retains-anti-dumping-tariffs-on-u-s-distillers-grains-ahead-of-trump-xi.md) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2026-03-12 | [U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Exports Post Strong Start to the Year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20159-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-exports-post-strong-start-to-the-year.md) | +3.7% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- thetandd.com: https://thetandd.com/special-section/farming/article_93e0b085-de53-553b-85f0-1288c75e30f9.html

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