A combine that a custom operator in Calumet, Oklahoma bought used from a farmer in Saskatchwan can’t be delivered until a complex calculation on its steel content is completed.
That’s because the Trump administration expanded its 50 per cent tariff on Canadian steel to steel content in products such as stoves, refrigerators and, yes, also tractors and combines.
Ryan Sorrels said he needs the New Holland combine made in Belgium, to finish up harvest for his customers, and he only uses walker combines because he doesn’t have time to swap concaves between jobs. He cannot use a rotor-based combine, he emphatically states multiple times in his social media post.
Sorrell is cautioning others to be careful when buying Canadian farm equipment.
