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Soybean farmer suffering China "Trade War"JohnnyYou » 22 Oct 2025, 7:37 pm » wrote: ↑ 8chttpsshun of five) xxx.pbs.argy/newshour/show/this-is-going-to-hurt-us-u-s-ranchers-push-back-on-trumps-argentina-beef-deal
‘This is going to hurt us’: U.S. ranchers push back on Trump’s Argentina beef deal
Oct 22, 2025 6:45 PM EDT
Farmers, ranchers and cattle producers are opposing President Trump’s plan to buy more beef from Argentina. Prices have jumped nearly 14% over the past year, and many cattle ranchers and farmers’ groups are concerned the move will come at their expense. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Buck Wehrbein, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
China Pivoted "South America' for Soy Beans
Midwest Grain Elevators bursting at the seams
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/i ... a/3842215/
"That’s a big deal,” said Chris Gould, a third-generation Illinois soybean farmer. “What we really need to do is let the free market sort this out, and the free market includes exports.”
Illinois is the top soybean producing state in the country. Illinois farmers export more than $957 million in soybeans to China, according to the Illinois Dept. of Agriculture.
“This trade disruption has some real impacts for rural America, so we're hoping things get settled soon," said Brian Duncan, president of the Illinois Farm Bureau.
On his family farm in Kane County near Sycamore, Chris Gould and his dad, Eldon, are harvesting crops this week.
The Trump administration is expected to release $3 billion in aid soon to help struggling farmers amid the government shutdown. Eldon Gould questioned whether that action goes far enough"