Articles Tagged: soybeans

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.

The Trump administration has announced $12 billion in relief for farmers but that won’t cover all their losses.

President Trump this week announced $12 billion in aid to U.S. farmers who for months have been dealing with low crop prices, high production costs and diminished trade markets.

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 recently pledged to buy 12 million tons of U.S. soybeans by the end of the year, according to the White House, but thus far has bought fewer than 2 million tons

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.

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.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is leading an eight-day trade mission to India, returning with a delegation of Iowa officials and business leaders to strengthen relationships she says are already showing results from her initial visit last year.

Above-average precipitation leaves some standing water in fields, but 18 percent of Iowa corn acres has reached the dough stage. Meanwhile, soybeans show progress with 69 percent of the crop blooming across the state and 33 percent already setting pods.