{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/new-report-donald-trumps-disastrous-agenda-for-wisconsins-dairyland", "NEW REPORT: Donald Trump\u2019s Disastrous Agenda for Wisconsin\u2019s Dairyland", "2026-06-04", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "Senate", "WI", "Tammy Baldwin", "B001230", "www.baldwin.senate.gov", "baldwin", "https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WISCONSIN \u2013 As Dairy Month begins, and ahead of President Trump\u2019s visit to Wisconsin, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today released a report highlighting how the Trump Administration\u2019s policies are devastating Wisconsin farmers \u2013 jacking up input costs and cutting off access to customers who buy Made in Wisconsin agricultural products.\n\n\u201cWisconsin farmers do backbreaking work to produce world-class products that feed the world and drive our rural economies. President Trump came into office promising to support our farmers, but instead has taken every opportunity to jack up their costs, limit their customers, and cut into their margins,\u201d said Senator Baldwin. \u201cBetween Donald Trump\u2019s trade war, unnecessary war in Iran, and attacks on our health care system, Wisconsin farmers are paying more for everything, and Donald Trump has no solutions to the problems he\u2019s caused. As President Trump visits Wisconsin, he owes our farmers more than lip service \u2013 they need real relief from the high costs they are paying.\u201d\n\nThe report outlines how President Trump\u2019s policies \u2013 including starting a trade war and a war of choice in Iran \u2013 has sent Wisconsin farmers\u2019 input costs through the roof:\n\nHigher Costs: President Trump\u2019s war in Iran has jacked up prices for Wisconsin farmers \u2013 with diesel hitting historic highs in May, up 80% from the year before. Likewise, global fertilizer prices jumped 50% in recent months.\n\nFewer Customers: Between the President\u2019s trade wars and cuts to nutrition programs, Wisconsin farmers are losing access to key markets they rely on. According to the American Farm Bureau, crop farmers lost $34.6 billion in 2025 in large part due to Donald Trump\u2019s trade war. President Trump's trade war also caused the top buyer of U.S. soybeans, China, to effectively boycott U.S. soybeans, cutting off a major export market for Wisconsin farmers. Soybean farmers lost almost $75 per harvested acre of soybeans in the 2025 crop. The report also highlights Republicans\u2019 historic cut to the SNAP program, hurting farmers who sell nutritious food to American families on the food assistance program.\n\nHealth Care Cuts: Republicans\u2019 historic $1 trillion cut to Medicaid will devastate rural hospitals, which disproportionately rely on the program to keep their doors open. In light of these cuts, one estimate found that three Wisconsin hospitals are at risk of closing. With Republicans taking away the enhanced premium tax credits that help Americans afford health insurance, 1 in 4 farmers who get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace will pay on average $780 more this year.\n\nSenator Baldwin has traveled Wisconsin talking to farmers, growers, and ranchers about how higher costs and uncertainty under President Trump are adding to already challenging headwinds for their businesses. In recent weeks, Senator Baldwin has visited farms in Janesville, Sharon, Warrens, Stoddard, and Seymour to hear firsthand about the headwinds facing farmers.\n\nA full version of the report is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-05T06:35:23Z", "2026-06-05T06:36:42Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/new-report-donald-trumps-disastrous-agenda-for-wisconsins-dairyland"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6185399144887924, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}