87% decline

87% decline

Over four years, a 25% tariff on U.S. soybean imports by China would result in an average 87% decline in income for a midsize Illinois grain farm.

According to researchers at the University of Illinois and Ohio State University, the loss would pressure farmland prices, prompting a more than $500,000 decline in the farm’s net worth by 2021.

Source: WSJ

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