John Hartman
John Hartman is a fifth-generation soybean farmer from Morengo, Illinois. He recently gained attention for expressing concerns about the decreasing value of his crops, attributing the losses to a 'man-made crisis' linked to former President Donald Trump's trade policies, particularly the ongoing trade war with China.
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