SIOUX FALLS (KELO) — President Donald Trump is moving forward with imposing tariffs on goods coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China. Some of those tariffs have raised concerns for South Dakota farmers.

Trump says he wants to hold Mexico, Canada and China accountable for allowing illegal immigrants and fentanyl to come into the U.S., but tariffs are also expected to impact farmers.

“We’re concerned about the long-term impact of the tariffs and what they might have on our industry,” South Dakota Pork Producers Council executive director Glenn Muller said.

“One of our largest partners in terms of ag trade is Mexico, so when we see that problem arise in those tariffs, it’s going to have a negative effect on the whole farming community,” South Dakota Soybean Association president Kevin Deinert said.

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The President addressed farmers directly while speaking to Congress on Tuesday. He said tariffs on agricultural products coming into America will go into effect April 2.

“They’re uninspected. They may be very dirty and disgusting, and they come in, and they pour in, and they hurt our American farmers,” Trump said Tuesday.

However, Deinert and Muller are worried about the potential impact of retaliatory tariffs.

“The concern for us is going to be that there will be retaliatory tariffs placed on our products going into their country so that we can’t market our product into those countries. That’s where we really get concerned because we need to maintain an open trading market to move the product that we have here that we can produce the safest, best product in the world,” Muller said.

“We had built up some really long-lasting relationships, a lot of trade partners, so these tariffs come to disrupt that,” Deinert said.

Muller also says that South Dakota imports around 800,000 pigs per year from Canada. He believes a retaliatory tariff on them could impact that market.

Earlier today, Trump announced a one-month pause for tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers.