国际英语资讯:Feature: U.S. farmers frustrated by damage caused by tariff uncertainties
<p><span word="ATLANTIC">ATLANTIC</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 25-- <span word="From">From</span> <span word="cattle">cattle</span> <span word="feeders">feeders</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iowa">Iowa</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pecan">pecan</span> <span word="growers">growers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Georgia">Georgia</span>, <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="worrying">worrying</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="damage">damage</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="uncertainties">uncertainties</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="tensions">tensions</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="economies">economies</span> <span word="drag">drag</span> <span word="on">on</span>.</p><p><span word="DOWNWARD">DOWNWARD</span> <span word="PRESSURE">PRESSURE</span> <span word="MAKES">MAKES</span> <span word="EXPANSION">EXPANSION</span> <span word="IMPOSSIBLE">IMPOSSIBLE</span></p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beef">beef</span> <span word="markets">markets</span> <span word="have">have</span> "<span word="been">been</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="cheaper">cheaper</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="stabilization">stabilization</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hopefully">hopefully</span> (<span word="they">they</span>) <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="better">better</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="Vaughn">Vaughn</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="farmer">farmer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Forsyth">Forsyth</span>, <span word="Georgia">Georgia</span>.</p><p><span word="Vaughn">Vaughn</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="beef">beef</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> 407 <span word="purebred">purebred</span> <span word="Angus">Angus</span> <span word="cows">cows</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="visiting">visiting</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="partner">partner</span> -- <span word="feedlot">feedlot</span> <span word="operator">operator</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Pellett">Pellett</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Midwestern">Midwestern</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iowa">Iowa</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="attribute">attribute</span> <span word="it">it</span> (<span word="the">the</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="beef">beef</span>) <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="uncertainty">uncertainty</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="uncertainty">uncertainty</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tariffs">tariffs</span>," <span word="Vaughn">Vaughn</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2018 <span word="Georgia">Georgia</span> <span word="Farmer">Farmer</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Year">Year</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span> 1990<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="marketing">marketing</span> <span word="cattle">cattle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Pellett">Pellett</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cattle">cattle</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="finished">finished</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feedlot">feedlot</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="export">export</span> <span word="markets">markets</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="re">re</span>-<span word="open">open</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="beef">beef</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="June">June</span> 2017, <span word="Vaughn">Vaughn</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span>. "<span word="We">We</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="excited">excited</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prospect">prospect</span> <span word="of">of</span> (<span word="entering">entering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="market">market</span>), <span word="we">we</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expand">expand</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span>."</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beef">beef</span> <span word="export">export</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> "<span word="stopped">stopped</span>" <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="initiated">initiated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tariffs">tariffs</span> <span word="battle">battle</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Vaughn">Vaughn</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span>.</p>
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