Steel prices have jumped 40 percent since late last year, and recently imposed tariffs are further roiling the market, Sukup Manufacturing President Charles Sukup told Franklin County Farm Bureau board members last week.

“We’re very concerned about it. We’ve had to increase prices to reflect the costs that are coming into us,” he said. “It’s very concerning. We’re hopeful that it’ll all work out and things will be resolved, but it makes us...