On April 9, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of all reciprocal tariffs, except for those on China, which were raised to 125%. Following this announcement, Kenneth Hartman Jr., President of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and an Illinois farmer, issued a statement:
“We appreciate the administration’s decision to place a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs it had put in place earlier this week. We ask President Trump and his administration to use this delay to negotiate market access opportunities for American-made products, including corn.
“Planting is about to begin in much of the country. The longer that uncertainly exists the more concerned we become that our growers could harvest billions of bushels of corn for which they will not have reliable markets. Our farmers want certainty that our customers at home and abroad will buy our products in the months and years ahead.”
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