What Higher Tariffs Could Do to Missouri Farmer: Blake Hurst

Blake Hurst, a Missouri farmer and former president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, shares how rising tariffs under Donald Trump's trade policy are creating costly uncertainty for growers. Hurst relies on imported potting soil from Canada and plastic pots from China—materials that are increasingly vulnerable to fluctuating tariffs. He argues that the unpredictable nature of these trade shifts makes it difficult to plan, threatening the sustainability of his family businesses. Hurst challenges the idea that tariffs help American farmers, calling the policy economically harmful.