"The farm economy's in pretty tough shape," said John Newton, chief economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation. "When you look out on the horizon of things to come, you start to see some cracks." Average farm income has fallen to near 15-year lows under president Donald Trump's policies, and in some areas of the country, farm bankruptcies are soaring.  And with slightly higher interest rates, many don't see borrowing more money as an option.  "A lot of farmers are going to give the president the benefit of the doubt, and have to date. But the longer the trade war goes on, the more that dynamic changes," said Brian Kuehl, executive director of Farmers for Free Trade, according to Politico.

With no end to the disastrous trade war in sight, many farmers have traveled to Washington to share their plights with the president himself hoping that he'll end the trade war that's exacerbating an already precarious food crisis.