In South Dakota, patience wears thin as tariffs hit home

South Dakota farmers and ranchers this week weathered the first round of tariffs and talk of an imminent trade war.

It's a hit they'd hoped to avoid for months and one they've been paying for for weeks as uncertainty loomed large over the market, dragging down the price of key crops.

The tariff talks have already cost South Dakota farmers and ranchers hundreds of millions of dollars, experts said, as the value of their crops has dipped amid international concern about new tariffs.

It's a loss that many can't sustain and one that elected officials and others worried could tank the state's economy.

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