Manufacturers Feeling The Pressure From Tariffs As Well

Farmers aren’t the only ones that can have a difficult time navigating around tariffs.  Equipment manufacturers often bring in their raw materials from other countries, and those materials can suddenly cost more than expected.

"Yeah, I would say, generally speaking, for the U.S. and Canada, and you think about it from a large ag equipment perspective, which I mostly represent, almost 75% of the goods that we sell in the U.S. are made in the U.S., and that's not only us but it's also the suppliers and the steel that we get that goes into making our products,” said Darren Havens, Director of Production and Precision Ag Marketing at John Deere.

This Environment Similar To 2020-2021

However, he said that doesn’t mean Deere doesn’t feel the effects of the higher costs.

"I would say, generally speaking, that's not a major challenge or concern for us, at this point, with tariffs," Havens noted.  "But I mean, there are components that - no different from when we went through COVID times - it does start to challenge the supply base whenever it goes to things that are potentially subject to tariffs or non-tariff barriers."

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