Tariff-Lover Randy Feenstra, GOP Gov Field All Support Raising Prices on Hardworking Iowans

DES MOINES – Iowa farmers, small businesses, and working families are seeing prices skyrocket and struggling to break even thanks to reckless tariffs, but Randy Feenstra once again voted to sell out farmers and uphold tariffs. The entire Republican gubernatorial field supports the tariffs that are estimated to cost the average Iowa family $2,100 in 2026 and have pushed our agriculture industry to the brink of another farm crisis.

Feenstra is also facing continued scrutiny for failing to protect Iowa cattle farmers over Argentine beef producers on the heels of a new U.S.-Argentina trade deal. Chaotic trade policies from D.C. are crushing Iowa farmers, but Feenstra, Adam Steen, Zach Lahn, Brad Sherman, and Eddie Andrews refuse to speak out. 

From Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Terra Hernandez:

“Iowa farmers, small businesses, and working families are footing the bill for costly tariffs and chaotic trade wars, and they have Randy Feenstra, Adam Steen, Zach Lahn, Brad Sherman, and Eddie Andrews to thank. Agriculture is the backbone of our state, but the field has made it clear they can’t be trusted to do what’s right and stand up for our farmers.”

The field all supports tariffs that are raising prices and hurting farmers:

• Randy Feenstra voted three times to rubber stamp the disastrous tariffs that are raising prices on Iowa farmers, cheered on chaotic tariffs, and said “I applaud” Washington’s reckless trade policy. Feenstra has also failed to pass a new Farm Bill after three terms in Congress, which would give Iowa farmers the certainty they need.

• Adam Steen defended the chaotic trade policy and even told struggling Iowa farmers “to be patient” and “to expand their infrastructure, expand their business” to make up for plummeting profits from tariffs.

• Zach Lahn cheered on cost-raising tariffs, saying “we should tariff them anyways. Just incase.”

• Brad Sherman dismissed and downplayed the harmful impacts of tariffs on Iowa farmers, saying “we all knew that the tariffs would have some ups and downs to it. I’m not too worried about it.”

• Eddie Andrews refused to speak out against the tariffs that are raising prices on hardworking Iowans and undercutting farmers.

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