# Midwest farmers take trade woes, frustrations to Capitol Hill

> Midwest farmers traveled to Capitol Hill to press Congress to end the US trade disputes, citing retaliatory tariffs from Mexico, Canada, the EU and China. Hog and corn prices have dropped roughly 15% since spring, and the administration signaled no retreat.

- Date: 2018-07-19 · published 2018-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6571-midwest-farmers-take-trade-woes-frustrations-to-capitol-hill
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Retaliatory tariffs cutting export access for US corn and pork pressure domestic prices, with harvest approaching and no resolution in sight.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-12-12 | [Trump trade war to hurt farmers as China turns to Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14698-trump-trade-war-to-hurt-farmers-as-china-turns-to-brazil.md) | -0.0% | +5.6% |
| CORN | 2017-01-26 | [America's farmers stand to lose the most in a China trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72863-america-s-farmers-stand-to-lose-the-most-in-a-china-trade-war.md) | +1.9% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2018-10-12 | [Trade War Drives Farmers to Corn as China Shuns US Soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8558-trade-war-drives-farmers-to-corn-as-china-shuns-us-soybeans-tt.md) | +2.4% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [New US-China Trade War Could Cost Farmers Billions \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27846-new-us-china-trade-war-could-cost-farmers-billions-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2025-03-04 | [USDA Prepares to Protect Farmers in a Trade War - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25559-usda-prepares-to-protect-farmers-in-a-trade-war-agweb.md) | +3.2% | +4.7% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-29 | [Soybean, pork farmers hurt most by trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62549-soybean-pork-farmers-hurt-most-by-trade-war.md) | -0.1% | -4.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-09-24 | [Trade wars cast a long shadow over hog industry - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63181-trade-wars-cast-a-long-shadow-over-hog-industry-manitoba-co-operator.md) | +5.6% | -4.1% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-11 | [U.S. Hog Futures React to U.S.-China Trade Tensions - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50299-u-s-hog-futures-react-to-u-s-china-trade-tensions-pork-business.md) | -0.6% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- nbcnews.com: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/midwest-farmers-take-trade-woes-frustrations-capitol-hill-n892676

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