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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘American soybean farmers are heading into harvest season without a single order from China, historically their largest customer, raising alarm bells about the agricultural sector’s stability and broader implications for the U.S. economy…

“Right now, we’re in a very dire situation… China takes more of our soybeans than all other foreign customers combined,” … 50% of U.S. soybeans are exported and China represents a quarter of total demand’

https://fortune.com/2025/09/09/soybean-harvest-china-agricultural-crisis-trump-tariffs-caleb-ragland/