Grain farmer ‘racing against time’ to avoid potential Trump tariffs [Video]

The ever-changing tariff threats from the Trump administration have caused some businesses to start shipping their products to the U.S. earlier than normal to lock in pricing. 

That includes grain farmer Landon Friesen, co-owner of Southman Ag Ventures. His facilities are based just outside of Crystal City, a small Manitoba community less than 200 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.

As his farm is only about an hour’s drive from an agricultural terminal in Langdon, N.D., Friesen has regularly sold grains such as wheat directly to U.S. customers.

Typically, wheat harvested in the fall would be held in Canadian silos for months, and transported over most of the winter to the U.S.

Not this year. Friesen says work that would normally be spread out “over quite a few months” is now being done in two months. 

“It’s been a busy season of just pushing hard to get as much across as we …