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Chippewa Falls farm pitch
President Donald Trump visited Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on Friday for a farming roundtable at Custer Farms, where he spent more than an hour promoting his administration’s efforts to help farmers.
“United States President Donald Trump has sought to reassure farmers hard-hit by tariffs and the economic fallout of the US-Israeli war with Iran during a visit to Wisconsin”
Trump said, “Over the last couple of months since we went in for the military operation, you've seen fertilizer go up and you've seen energy go up. It's going to come down to where it was or lower. You'll be very happy,” as the conflict in Iran had raised diesel gas prices and fertilizer costs for farmers.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Trump promoted $28 billion in payments to farmers in his first term to offset financial losses after retaliatory tariffs from China shut off export markets to agriculture producers.
In the same Wisconsin visit, NewsNation said Trump floated the idea of a potential bailout for farmers and linked it to rising costs tied to tariffs and the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict.
The Washington Post described Trump’s Friday promise of further relief payments for farmers pinched by surging fertilizer and fuel prices while he acknowledged the costs the Iran war had imposed on one of his core constituencies.
Supporters cheer, critics push
At the Chippewa Falls event, Trump’s supporters largely offered praise for his policies, while the Wisconsin Examiner said the roundtable featured U.S. Reps. Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson alongside Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.
The Wisconsin Examiner quoted Trump attacking Democrats as “Dumocrats,” saying, “I call them the Dumocrats, D-U-M, you take out the B, a lot of people don’t know,” and adding that their policy was “really bad for the farmer.”
Democratic criticism came through U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, who told reporters ahead of Trump’s visit that “Wisconsin is a rural state, and the small communities across it define us, and right now they are staring down tough times with” as she linked costs to tariffs and the Iran war.
Al Jazeera reported Trump sought to reassure farmers hard-hit by tariffs and the economic fallout of the US-Israeli war with Iran during the stop in Chippewa Falls.
In the same Al Jazeera account, Trump said, “I love the place,” and urged “you’re going to be voting Republican, because frankly, Republican is – I call it the sane way to go.”
Fertilizer, fuel, and politics
NewsNation said Trump tied his remarks to diesel prices rising more than 50% since fighting broke out in February, while he also pointed to a Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 that had been passed in the House.
NewsNation reported the legislation’s focus includes rolling out the $12 billion in “Farmer Bridge” relief payments, and it said Trump announced those payments back in Dec. 2025 in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs.
Al Jazeera reported that fertiliser costs surged since the US and Israel launched the war with Iran on February 28, with the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz increasing prices of key components including urea.
The Al Jazeera report also said an April survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation found that 70 percent of farmers in the US reported they cannot afford all of their fertiliser needs.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described how Trump’s visit came as the conflict in Iran raised diesel gas prices and fertilizer costs for farmers and tariffs squeezed markets for Wisconsin’s agriculture industry, with the event held about 10 miles north of Eau Claire.
