(Radio Iowa) – President Donald Trump announced work is underway to make E-15 available nationwide during his stop in Iowa Tuesday. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a fellow Republican, says supporters can’t let up until the issue is done. “While our farmers are hurting and our ag economy is on the brink….I’m telling in these conversations with my colleagues, half measures are unacceptable. And so we need to make sure we’re delivering on E-15,” Hinson says. Hinson says she recently had a conversation with a member of the U-S-D-A about the high cost of fertilizer.

“U-S-D-A is very aware, and so is Secretary Rollins, of input costs and what our folks are facing,” she says. President Trump also talked about the payments to farmers to offset loses from tariffs and Hinson says those will help. ” I think it’s a good start, but farmers don’t want checks, they want markets, and that is what we need to be focusing on,” she says.

Hinson is from Marion and currently represents Iowa’s Second Congressional District, but is running for the open U-S Senate seat.