Farming in Iowa in recent years has seen a boom and bust cycle.

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[FONT=Guardian Text Egyptian Web, Georgia, serif]Farming[/FONT][FONT=&quot] in Iowa in recent years has seen a boom and bust cycle. Monte Shaw, the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and former Republican congressional candidate, he said that the years between 2006-2013 “were probably the best eight-year-run in the history of American agriculture”.

However, he noted since then there had been a “downward trajectory in farm income”.



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Mickelson drives near his farm in Duncombe, Iowa.


The economic challenges of farming were made clear when Mickelson pulled up to an equipment shed. There, in front of a giant combine, was the small red tractor that his grandfather once used to work the land. The combine was a recent purchase, bought used for $300,000. Rising equipment prices meant that it cost twice as much as its predecessor, which was the same model, in 2010.


Mickelson’s older brother Brad was even more sanguine about prospects. The 37-year-old, who was working in the equipment shed, loomed over a small red tractor owned by their grandfather. “I think Trump is right in a way. The United States is kinda getting the short end of the stick on this deal and a lot of those other countries have manipulated things and do everything in their favor and against us.”


However, the older brother thought things would work out between the US and China. “I think they will somehow, someway get stuff resolved. Too many things that we want that they have, and too many things that we have that they want.


“Is it going to be perfectly even-Steven with one another?” he asked, and shrugged. “But maybe we get a little closer. I guess you got to be an optimist. If you farm you got to be an optimist.”
 

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