MANKATO — Polite conversation was the norm for the most part, but it didn’t take long for “the elephant in the room” to appear: the Trump administration’s tariffs and trade war with China.
Two dozen regional farm leaders joined an hour-long discussion with U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Sonny Perdue at Profinium Bank in Mankato Wednesday, hosted by First District Rep. Jim Hagedorn. The primary message? Farmers in southern Minnesota are hurting