A fourth-generation Louisiana farmer blamed President Donald Trump for his failure to deliver on his repeated promises to help the U.S. agricultural community. Willis Nelson joined MS NOW’s “The Weekend: Primetime” on Saturday to discuss the impact the president’s tariffs and war with Iran have had on his family’s farm and his concerns about its future.
“The last year has been really very tough for my farm and my brother’s,” Nelson said. “Input prices keep going up.”
The row crop farmer said rising fuel and fertilizer prices have already done irreversible damage, telling MS NOW it was “too late” for the administration to help with this season.
“We didn’t do our planting season … so we already took a hit on that,” he said. “Fuel prices are still high — very high. I think it’s pretty much doubled from the last time we bought a tank load.”
“Our expenses are way higher and bringing our profit margin even lower,” he explained.