After months of unsettling news about tariffs and trade wars, farmers in Iowa and around the country are starting to see some more encouraging developments.

A “hand-shake” trade agreement with Mexico is expected to be signed soon. That agreement, according to Trump administration officials, is expected to lead to further talks with Canada and work  revamped North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The United States and China are also completed low-level trade negotiations, despite the ongoing tariff battle going on between the world’s two...