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Article snippet: Farm groups say MORE’s promised $12 billion aid to farmers is not enough to repair the damage from tariffs and are urging him to produce a long-term solution that will open foreign markets. Farmers are expressing some support for the much-needed help but say it’s more important for the administration to reverse course on the tariffs, which Trump argues he’s using as leverage to bring trading partners to the negotiating table. The American Soybean Association said that “producers cannot weather sustained trade disruptions.” “While soybean growers appreciate the administration’s recognition that tariffs have caused reduced exports and lower prices, the announced plan provides only short-term assistance,” said John Heisdorffer, the group’s president and a soybean grower from Keota, Iowa. U.S. soy prices have dropped more than $2 per bushel in the past couple months as the trade war between the U.S. and China ramped up. “Our best course of action is to expand other markets and develop new ones to buy the soybeans we’re not selling to China,” he said. Farm groups found themselves in a difficult spot Tuesday after Agriculture Secretary MORE said the agency will authorize up to $12 billion for programs to help farmers caught in the tariff war, which would cover the estimated $11 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods. U.S. Trade Representative MORE said Trump is taking “strong action” “to make sure America’s farmers and ranchers are not left to be... Link to the full article to read more