Coronavirus impacts farmers

Coronavirus impacts farmers

If you get sick.

Meanwhile... the coronavirus has no doubt impacted china's economy... and that impact is also being felt here in the wabash valley.

You'll remember... the u-s and china recently came to a trade agreement after several months of a "trade-war."

Part of that agreement called for china to spend more than 30-million dollars on u-s agriculture products.

News 10 spoke with cory, indiana farmer dwight ludwig.

He says many farmers expected to see a rebound in the market under the new deal... but then the coronavirus happened.

1:53:48 - 1:53:57 "we expected the purchases by china to start being made, which would inturn increase prices and we haven't seen that yet."

China is expected to offer "tarriff exemptions" on some u- goods like soybeans... pork... and beef.

There are also reports out of china that the country could buy american agriculture products by the end