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China had bought at least 8 million tons of U.S. soybeans in 2025 as of late December, putting the world’s top importer on track to meet a pledge it made two months ago.

Despite their continue support of the president, a year’s worth of Trump policies have upended farmers’ industry and threatened their livelihoods.

The tally follows a wave of buying from Sinograin, the state company in charge of managing China’s strategic grain reserves.

Chinese state-backed money is remaking the hemisphere’s ports, reshaping grain routes to Asia and squeezing U.S. farmers as tariffs deepen the split with Washington.

President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package on Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.

China is expected to step up U.S. soybean purchases to meet a pledge to buy at least 12 million tons by the end of the year, according to multiple traders.

China’s purchases of American soybeans appear to have stalled, less than two weeks after the U.S. touted a wide-ranging trade truce between the world’s two biggest economies.

“This is a very good thing. I’m very grateful,” said Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt, who is a director with the United Soybean Board. "I don’t want to sound like a ungrateful farmer, but it doesn’t cure everything in the short term.”

With China halting U.S. soybean purchases and prices sinking below break-even levels, Iowa Republicans Zach Nunn and Joni Ernst are urging the Trump administration to act swiftly to restore trade and strengthen domestic demand.

Iowa farm leaders and Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley are pressing President Donald Trump’s administration to take urgent action after China cut off purchases of American soybeans, threatening one of the state’s most important export markets.

Also, Iowa auditor’s office earns top rating in external review

Senate Republicans from farm states and soybean growers are sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which they say are deepening economic pain in rural America.

U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to Chinese buyers and other foreign adversaries, citing threats to national security and food security.

The tariffs aim to renegotiate trade agreements bilaterally, which could take years, affecting farmers and the state's economy, said Iowa State University economic professor Peter Orazem.

Stocks surged to one of their biggest gains since World War II after President Donald Trump paused his tariffs against most other nations, as investors had desperately hoped he would.