Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue wrote an op-ed piece for USA Today Monday focusing on trade tensions and telling farmers he’s working on tools to help ease the burden.
 
“The president has instructed me to craft a strategy to support our farmers in the face of retaliatory tariffs,” he wrote.
 
He said U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has tools at its disposal to support farmers faced with tariff and downturns in the commodities markets.
 
“To this point, we have not unveiled our strategy, as it is not practice to open our playbook while the opposing team is watching,” said Perdue.
 
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