America's farmers can't seem to catch a break.

I'm trying to choose between the words bleak and brutal.

Mark Mueller is a fourth-generation farmer from Iowa.

He mainly farms corn and soybeans.

He's also the president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association.

There are problems that have been going on for years.

Now, I will say this. The current administration has not done me any favors. The previous administration did not do many favors.

And this past year has been especially turbulent. President Trump's tariffs and other trade policies have disrupted export markets, and his immigration crackdown has exacerbated an already serious

labor crisis in agriculture.

And this administration, it's made so far empty promises.

Farmers have gotten a lot of lip service, but we have not seen much more than that.

We get lots of platitudes.

You know, President Trump loves farmers.

You know, he's our best friend.

But until we see some trade deals, some meaningful trade deals,

and not just empty frameworks announcing trade deals,

agriculture is going to be on the ropes for some time to come yet.

Now, the war in Iran has caused a spike in fertilizer prices because half of the world's nitrogen

fertilizer exports come through the strait of Hormuz.

If the pain persists for farmers, Mueller says it might bleed into the midterms.

Are farmers going to turn wholesale against Trump.

I don't know, but I'm going to guess that he'll have markedly less support of the Republican

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