Saturday’s star-studded concert will air on TV for the first time in years as the hotline for farmers gets more calls about a mix of complicated problems.
Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp at the first Farm Aid concert, in 1985. This year’s event comes as farmers face the bleakest economic conditions in years.
The latest round of tariffs is likely to make agricultural production even more expensive and, potentially, limit access to goods not produced in the United States.