Tariffs could spell trouble for farmers, according to the executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union.

“Tariffs are not good,” said Nick Levendofsky, who was a guest Wednesday on Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN. “They don’t work. Nobody wins in a trade war.”

Levendofsky said current trade policies being implemented by President Donald Trump have already begun impacting U.S. exports.

“Certainly what’s happening with China is very concerning, where last week they pulled back on importing beef from the US,” he said. “Now they’re backing off on soybeans.”

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Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday advocated for Kansas and for his home base of Manhattan during the confirmation hearings for U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins.

Moran was one of several senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee asking questions of Rollins, who is Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.

Moran brought up the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan. The USDA oversees that lab.

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