That’s a nearly century-high water mark, a situation throwing Eastern Oregon farmers into an economic whirlwind they never asked for and don’t deserve. Farmers like Clinton Carlson, who told the East Oregonian that Trump’s tariffs threaten to make a rough economic situation even rougher. The discouraging reality is Oregon wheat growers are only now beginning to feel the worst impacts from these tariffs. Eastern Oregon wheat ranchers are what Oregon State University’ agriculture economist Tim Delbridge terms price takers. Eastern Oregon’s wheat farmers have fed America for generations.