# Whitmer wants end to food tariffs

> Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the US Treasury Secretary urging an end to recent tariffs on food, fertilizer and farm machinery. She cited higher food prices and lower state agricultural exports.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-12T03:14:27.714Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/94863-whitmer-wants-end-to-food-tariffs
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Tariffs on fertilizer and inputs raise producer costs, while a rollback could ease feed and input prices, though a state letter alone is unlikely to move federal policy.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-04-10 | [Trump, tariffs and farmers : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25114-trump-tariffs-and-farmers-npr.md) | +3.1% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-04-12 | [White House looks at how to help farmers hurt by China tariffs : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25112-white-house-looks-at-how-to-help-farmers-hurt-by-china-tariffs-npr.md) | +1.1% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2025-05-01 | [EU tariffs to curb US corn imports, soy at lower risk for now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25117-eu-tariffs-to-curb-us-corn-imports-soy-at-lower-risk-for-now.md) | -3.8% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-12 | [How Trump’s tariffs finance farmer bailouts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57601-how-trump-s-tariffs-finance-farmer-bailouts.md) | -6.0% | -8.6% |
| CORN | 2017-09-27 | [U.S. Ethanol Exports Face New Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68963-u-s-ethanol-exports-face-new-tariffs.md) | +3.2% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2018-06-19 | [Trump Wants More China Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64511-trump-wants-more-china-tariffs.md) | -3.7% | -7.6% |
| SOY | 2025-04-10 | [Trump, tariffs and farmers : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25114-trump-tariffs-and-farmers-npr.md) | +2.6% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2024-12-12 | [China Isn't Sitting Around Waiting for Higher Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14700-china-isn-t-sitting-around-waiting-for-higher-tariffs.md) | -4.4% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- michiganpublic.org: https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-11-11/whitmer-wants-end-to-food-tariffs

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