AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock visited three local pecan farmers to discuss the impact of the ongoing tariff war on Georgia farmers.

Georgia is the largest grower of pecans in the nation, and nearly 30 percent of the pecans grown in the us are exported to other countries.

Jeb Barrow's family has run Three Bees Pecan Farm for nearly 130 years.

Last year, the pecan farmer lost around 40 percent of his crops.

This year, fewer of his crops are going to China due to higher tariffs.

He and other local farmers told Warnock they support trade with India, and marketing pecans to the country could help fill in the gap left by China.

Warnock says he supports tariffs, but only when they support and do not hurt American farmers and the rest of American citizens.

"I have a great deal of respect for farmers. It's tough work. There is so much you don't control, like the weather. The profit margin is already narrow, and so this kind of uncertainty, it seems to me, is unhelpful. What I want to see us do is have a bipartisan conversation that centers around ordinary people that put forward reasonable solutions. There is no question people have been struggling for a long time," said Warnock.