Interview: U.S. farm leader fears long recovery after severe floods, trade tensions

Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, also a corn, soybean and greenhouse farmer, stands on his fields in Tarkio, Missouri, the United States, June 10, 2019. The combined uncertainty caused by an unusually wet spring and the U.S.-initiated trade tensions with China is putting Midwestern farmers on edge, said a U.S. farm leader, who fears a recovery could drag on for months or even years.(Xinhua/Liu Jie)