Articles Tagged: soybeans

Finding land is harder than ever. Costs keep rising. Weather is less predictable. For young Iowans trying to start farming, the barriers are mounting — and many are being shut out entirely.

Iowa bill would require fire districts to consider adopting the bio-based foam.

Iowa State University agricultural economist asks, “Those new tariffs — what does that mean for this agreement?”

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.