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That's bad news for some of the president's biggest supporters, american farmers. martin savidge is live in davenport, iowa. >> reporter: farmers have been dealing with the fallout from this trade war since last spring. in other words, this is the second planting season that they are going up against these tariffs and they are having a really hard time. so in some cases the best way to compete they find is by teaming up. here is what we found. in the middle of an iowa cornfield amy nelson is in the middle of solving a problem. >> i would say we are probably about two weeks behind. >> reporter:...

Children from a local kindergarten up to the time. and after they finish with the beans they add a corn seed. everyone knows what corn is used for all. we can to make popcorn. growing not quite lorenzo a program volunteer explains to the kids that the corn plant grows tall and develops years that contain the kernels that are used in popcorn these apples will be used to make juice he explains that these hens lay eggs lorenzo is an eighty year old retiree but he enjoys taking part in the exercise program and teaching children where food comes from he says it's important knowledge. fairly i expla...

Legislation. yesterday, vice president joe biden said no one's constitutional right to own guns will be impacted by taking that weapon and others like it off the streets. not everyone agrees, obviously. in fact, while there's a perception the ar-15 is a weapon without a practical purpose, there are some people who put the ar-15 to very good use to solve a very expensive problem. victor blackwell explains. >> reporter: for jim pritchard, it's planting season. the past few days have been long and hard, sowing corn seed. how many acres here? >> approximately 88. >> reporter: soon the sun will set...

Yesterday, vice president joe biden said no one's constitutional right to own guns will be impacted by taking that weapon and others like it off the streets. not everyone agrees, obviously. in fact, while there's a perception the ar-15 is a weapon without a practical purpose, there are some people who put the ar-15 to very good use to solve a very expensive problem. victor blackwell explains. >> reporter: for jim pritchard, it's planting season. the past few days have been long and hard, sowing corn seed. how many acres here? >> approximately 88. >> reporter: soon the sun will set. but by morn...

And hard, sowing corn seed. how many acres here? >> approximately 80 acres. >> reporter: he's done for the day. soon the sun will set but by morning all his hard work could be ruined and seeds stolen under the cover of darkness. >> one year, in two nights i lost 18 acres. >> reporter: 18 acres in two nights. that's worth how much to you? >> wound up costing me in lost yield about $9,000. >> reporter: but thieves are not the problem. what has that problem been? >> they're pigs root up the corn seed after you plant it. >> reporter: wild pig, hogs annihilate corn, peanuts, beans, virtually any cr...