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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Trump’s Tariffs and Cuts Threaten Wisconsin Exports
In the first couple of months of his second term, President Donald Trump has thrown the nation into chaos with unilateral, and perhaps illegal, cuts to funds already allocated by the U.S. Congress. The US Department of Agriculture has been in Trump’s crosshairs, with the cancellation of 500 million dollars in aid to food pantries, over a billion dollars in food aid to local schools and cuts to already-awarded producer grants. Throw on top of that the Trump Administration’s on-again, off-again, on-again threats of tariffs, and you have a recipe for severe strains on farmers. Here in Wisconsin, one of the nation’s leading agricultural states, farmers and policy makers fear economic disaster. Randy Romanski is the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,Trade and Consumer Protection, and he joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on May 31, 2025.
Randy Romanski (photo courtesy of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection)
Photo of American Ginseng in Weston, Wisconsin by
Drginseng, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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By Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, Jonathan ZarovWORT 89.9FM Madison · Trump’s Tariffs and Cuts Threaten Wisconsin Exports
In the first couple of months of his second term, President Donald Trump has thrown the nation into chaos with unilateral, and perhaps illegal, cuts to funds already allocated by the U.S. Congress. The US Department of Agriculture has been in Trump’s crosshairs, with the cancellation of 500 million dollars in aid to food pantries, over a billion dollars in food aid to local schools and cuts to already-awarded producer grants. Throw on top of that the Trump Administration’s on-again, off-again, on-again threats of tariffs, and you have a recipe for severe strains on farmers. Here in Wisconsin, one of the nation’s leading agricultural states, farmers and policy makers fear economic disaster. Randy Romanski is the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,Trade and Consumer Protection, and he joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on May 31, 2025.
Randy Romanski (photo courtesy of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection)
Photo of American Ginseng in Weston, Wisconsin by
Drginseng, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here
The post Trump’s Tariffs and Cuts Threaten Wisconsin Exports appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.