Family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs

Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, shows photos of the farm from 1949 on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, looks over his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, stands in a soybean field on his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, looks at his soybeans on his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, stands in a soybean field as he looks over his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, shows his three-month-old soybean crop on his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, looks at his Holstein cows on his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rick Telesz, a Lawrence County farmer and Trump voter who says his third generation family farm has taken a hit from Trump’s tariffs, stands on his 500-acre property on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Volant. Telesz will speak at the Democratic National Convention next week on behalf of Joe Biden. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)