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  • What effect will tariffs have on consumers, farmers?

    Apr 16, 2025 10:00 am by Phil CicioraExpert Viewpoints
    Jonathan W. Coppess, the Leonard and Lila Gardner-Illinois Farm Bureau Family of Companies Endowed Associate Professor in Agricultural Policy at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Seriously. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Jonathan W. Coppess, the Leonard and Lila Gardner-Illinois Farm Bureau Family of Companies Endowed Associate Professor in Agricultural Policy at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Seriously. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    For U.S. farmers, tariffs are a double whammy of paying more for imported goods such as fertilizer and losing out on export markets, says U. of I. agricultural expert Jonathan W. Coppess.