blog posts $14.5 billion in relief payments help farmers weather Trump’s trade war with China Sep 3, 2019 1:30 pm by WGLT-FMIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images WGLT-FM (Sept. 3) 'To the average person, that strikes them as a lot of money, and it is,' says Illinois agricultural economist Scott Irwin. 'But it’s not making farmers wealthy right now.' Share on Facebook Tweet Email