Like Russian grain embargo of 1980s, China trade war again taking its toll
- Mon Sep 16, 5:31AM UTC
Agweek

EDITOR'S NOTE: This week Agweek begins a multi-part series: "Farm Crises—The 1980s and now." We will interview experts who can compare the economic and political conditions between what was known...

William “Bill” Wilson, a North Dakota State University agricultural economist, says the U.S. is competitive in agriculture unless the U.S. government “intervenes” in trade, as it did in the 1980s, and now again in 2018 and 2019. Photo taken Sept. 27, 2018, in Fargo, N.D. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
Irv Aal, president and chief executive officer for Steiger Tractor Co., in Fargo, on June 17, 1986, announces his company will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization as a farm credit crisis grips the nation. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Forum File Photo)