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Harmony FFA students debate tariffs’ costs and benefits at Winnsboro City Council meeting
Summary
Students from Harmony High School’s FFA presented competing arguments on tariffs’ effects on U.S. agriculture, citing data on export losses, input-cost increases and consumer prices while urging local engagement in trade policy discussions.
Madison Nicks, moderator of the Harmony FFA Ag Issues Team, told the Winnsboro City Council on Nov. 13 that tariffs are more than “numbers in an economic report,” and said they affect what farmers pay for fertilizer, what ranchers get for beef and what families spend at the grocery store. "Tariffs are more than numbers in an economic report," Nicks said during the student forum.
The student panel presented two sides of the tariff debate. Evelyn Rose argued that tariffs have “disrupted America’s global trade relationship” and cited figures students said…
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