President Donald Trump touted his aggressive approach to trade policy Wednesday at a rally miles from Minnesota's famed Iron Range, where the administration's tariffs on imported steel have been welcomed by some in the state's mining industry.
A group of Iowa soybean farmers will travel to China this week in hopes of smoothing over any rift in the trade relationship caused by the Trump administration's announced tariffs on steel and aluminum.
It's a tale of two crops for Midwest farmers.
Iowa's corn crop has continued to decline as Iowa experienced the hottest week of the year last week.
Soggy farm fields have put a damper on Wisconsin's soybean crop.
