{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warnock-discusses-tariff-impacts-on-georgia-farmers-during-visit-to-augusta-area-farm/", "ICYMI: Warnock Discusses Tariff Impacts on Georgia Farmers During Visit to Augusta Area Farm", "2025-08-29", "2025", "2025-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Raphael G. Warnock", "W000790", "www.warnock.senate.gov", "warnock", "https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Senator Reverend Warnock visited Three Bees Pecan Farm to speak with Georgia farmers about how the uncertainty around Trump\u2019s tariffs are bad for business\n\nSenator Warnock is the top Democrat on the Finance subcommittee that handles trade and tariffs\n\nICYMI from the Augusta Chronicle: SEE IT: Sen. Raphael Warnock visits Georgia pecan farmers to discuss tariffs\n\nAbove: Senator Warnock and Jeb Barrow Jr. at Three Bees Pecan Farm\n\nPhoto credit: Katie Goodale of the Augusta Chronicle\n\nWrens, GA \u2013 Recently, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) visited Three Bees Pecan Farm to speak with Georgia producers about the impact of the ongoing tariffs on their farms\u2019 operation. The Senator received a tour of the farm from owner Jeb Barrow Jr. and heard directly from growers about how tariffs are further threatening already thinning profit margins for the agriculture industry and making it harder for farmers to make long-term investments, including creating Georgia jobs. Senator Warnock is the top Democrat on the Finance subcommittee that handles trade and tariffs.\n\nSenator Warnock believes that President Trump\u2019s tariff policies aren\u2019t just abstract policies; they\u2019re a tax that will show up on grocery store shelves and in monthly bills for Georgia families. Farmers and producers have been particularly affected by tariffs, facing high input costs, increased prices for farm machinery, and obstacles to their ability to sell their products internationally. The administration\u2019s erratic tariff strategy has alienated U.S. trade partners and strategic allies while destabilizing markets and making it harder on Georgia\u2019s farmers. The continued uncertainty does little to ease the anxiety of Georgia\u2019s farmers and leaves many producers unable to plan or make long-term investments in their farms.\n\nSenator Warnock has worked to lower trade barriers for Georgia pecan farmers since coming into office, including lowering the trade barrier with India by 70% in 2022. Notably, 28% of U.S. pecans are exported, making access to international markets critical for pecan farmers.\n\nMedia coverage of Senator Warnock\u2019s visit to Three Bees Pecan Farm can be found below:\n\nWRDW: Sen. Warnock visits farmers in Wrens to discuss tariffs\n\nSenator Reverend Raphael Warnock visited three local pecan farmers to discuss the impact of the ongoing tariff war on Georgia farmers. Georgia is the largest grower of pecans in the nation, and nearly 30 percent of the pecans grown in the U.S. are exported to other countries.\n\nJeb Barrow\u2019s family has run Three Bees Pecan Farm for nearly 130 years. This year, fewer of his crops are going to China due to higher tariffs. He and other local farmers told Warnock they support trade with India, and marketing pecans to the country could help fill in the gap left by China.\n\nWarnock says he supports tariffs, but only when they support and do not hurt American farmers and the rest of American citizens. \u201cI have a great deal of respect for farmers. It\u2019s tough work. There is so much you don\u2019t control, like the weather. The profit margin is already narrow, and so this kind of uncertainty, it seems to me, is unhelpful. What I want to see us do is have a bipartisan conversation that centers around ordinary people that put forward reasonable solutions. There is no question people have been struggling for a long time,\u201d said Warnock.\n\nWJBF: Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock visits with Georgia Farmers in Keysville\n\nThree Bee\u2019s Farm in Keysville was the backdrop for Warnock\u2019s visit to discuss the affects of tariffs on farmers in Georgia.\n\nSenator Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator for Georgia, told WJBF, \u201cIt was really important for me to be here in the region today. I promised Georgians that I would always walk with them even while working for them. Our farmers are the best among us, it\u2019s very hard work, lot of uncertainty. So we should do everything we can to try to lighten that burden for farmers.\u201d\n\nJeb Barrow, owner of Three Bee\u2019s Farms, was grateful to host Senator Warnock and was grateful for his work to support Georgia farms in Washington. Barrow says, \u201cHe\u2019s a supporter of Georgia agriculture and he\u2019s serious about it as evidenced by him being on the Senate Ag Committee. He takes a genuine interest in our problems and you noticed when we sit down at the table he listened to what we had to say. He didn\u2019t try to project a point of view, he just was here to listen so, that\u2019s all good.\u201d\n\nWarnock says that President Trump\u2019s 10% tariffs on consumer goods has serious negative affects on Georgia farmers and families and many farmers and still recovering from Trump\u2019s trade war with China during his first presidency.\n\nWFXG: The impact of \u201cClose to Home\u201d: Senator Warnock meets Georgia farmers\n\nU.S. Senator Raphael Warnock visited a local farm, 3 Bee\u2019s Farm, on Saturday to hear directly from Georgia farmers about the challenges they face\u2014from rising tariffs to limited access to foreign markets.\n\nSenator Warnock\u2019s visit was part of his ongoing commitment to support those who work the land. \u201cIt was really important for me to be in the region today,\u201d he said. \u201cI promised Georgians that I would walk with them even while working for them. Our farmers are the best among us\u2014it is very hard work.\u201d\n\nInside the barn, the discussion turned to tariffs and trade policies\u2014issues that have a direct impact on Georgia\u2019s farming economy. Senator Warnock, who was appointed Ranking Member of the Finance Subcommittee on Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness in January 2025, asked a pointed question: \u201cWhat worries you the most?\u201d\n\nThe answer from farmers was clear: Mexican imports and the lack of access to new foreign markets. Barrow and others stressed that it\u2019s not just about tariffs\u2014it\u2019s about building a stronger domestic market. \u201cIf we could build a robust domestic market for pecans, which we should have\u2014it\u2019s the only native nut to this continent\u2014we\u2019ve got 16 states. So by all accounts, we should have a great homegrown market for the product.\u201d\n\nSenator Warnock reaffirmed his commitment to Georgia\u2019s agricultural community. \u201cAs the ranking member on trade, I will continue to push my Republican colleagues to recognize that trade and tariffs are really in the purview of Congress. They have ceded that power, but Congress does have the ability to bring some common sense to this\u2014if it chooses to do so.\u201d\n\nAccording to Warnock\u2019s office, he helped lower trade barriers with India by 70% in 2022, a move aimed at expanding export opportunities for Georgia farmers. But Saturday\u2019s visit made clear: there\u2019s still work to be done.\n\nTruth Seekers Journal: From Pecans to Hospitals: Warnock Highlights Tariff and Health Care Struggles in Georgia\n\nOn Saturday, Warnock toured Three Bees Pecan Farm in Wrens with owner Jeb Barrow Jr., meeting local producers to discuss the financial uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariff policy. Georgia farmers, already operating on thin margins, said shifting trade rules make it difficult to plan investments and sustain jobs.\n\n\u201cI just know how hard farmers work in this state, and if you talk to them, they\u2019re not interested in aid, they\u2019re interested in trade,\u201d Warnock said. \u201cThey want to see their products make it to India. But right now, this whole thing is being operated willy-nilly, from Donald Trump\u2019s back pocket. One announcement, then a reversal. How do you plan a farm around that?\u201d\n\nBarrow praised Warnock\u2019s approach: \u201cHe takes a genuine interest in our problems, and when we sit down at the table, he listens.\u201d\n\nGeorgia is the nation\u2019s top pecan producer, and nearly 28% of U.S. pecans are exported, making access to foreign markets critical. In 2022, Warnock helped lower India\u2019s trade barriers on pecans by 70%, opening a major market for Georgia growers.\n\nAs Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Trade, Warnock has pressed administration officials for relief, voting to roll back tariffs on Canada, urging expedited USDA action on pecan exports, and demanding answers on how tariffs impact small producers.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:47Z"]], "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.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warnock-discusses-tariff-impacts-on-georgia-farmers-during-visit-to-augusta-area-farm/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8989758789539337, "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"}