Just like South Dakota’s beleaguered farmers, North Dakota soybean producers are about to get beat up by Trump’s reckless trade war:
In response to U.S. tariffs, China is no longer buying soybeans, leaving farmers in limbo as harvest season comes.
…According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, China historically has been the largest buyer for North Dakota soybeans; the state exported over 70% of the crop to China before President Trump unveiled this year’s tariffs.
Last year, soybeans sold for $12, but are now selling for $10. [ND soybeaner Mike] Appert doesn’t want to sell them at such a low price, and said that this year poses a unique challenge.
“We always have future uncertainty. We never know what the future prices are going to be, but we can manage that. The tariffs situation is a little harder for us because you can’t hedge that or manage that,” said Appert.
…Appert will start harvesting in two weeks, and said there are no sales on the books. He anticipates a bottleneck at harvest, with weak basis prices and limited options for selling the crop [Michelle Tom, “Tariffs Leave North Dakota’s Top Crop Without Its Biggest Buyer,” KFYR-TV, 2025.09.17].
Farmers may be hoping that Trump will throw them bribes the way he did last time his tariffs tanked farm profits, but that money isn’t in the pipeline yet, and it won’t make farmers whole:
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring tells us that, from conversations with federal leaders, he’s expecting new subsidies will be out by the end of the year, but doesn’t anticipate they will help farmers break even [Tom, 2025.09.17].
Donald Trump leaving the people who deliver for him out in the cold… hmmm, where have we heard that before?
I saw a video where some ND farmers were saying that the many, many tornadoes and storms this summer destroyed a lot of storage (grain bins) so they really don’t have anywhere to store while waiting/hoping for increased prices. If true, most likely will have to plastic wrap it on the ground.
These tariffs are about as dumb as it gets, and Trump must think coffee grows in the US…
After harvest gets going, he might wish he had sold at 10 bucks a bushel.
As of September 22, 2025, the cash price for soybeans at the Ag Partners facility in Sutherland, Iowa, is **\(9.62perbushel**forbothSeptemberandOctober2025delivery[1.2.6].Thispriceisbasedona\)-0.75 basis against the November 2025 futures price.
Up hyar in Obrien county iowa we just got pea and then some hard marble + sized hail. It is still hailing even though it isn’t enough to cover the ground. Many soyb eans were ready to com bine. Yikes.
Voting against your own self interests comes with a price.
Ah….so now farmers are expecting yet another HANDOUT to save THEIR butts!! Whatever happened to voting NO to SOCIALISM!!??? Ah…its THEIR ASSES in the sling so…shut up and suck it up like you all voted for this…TWICE
Votes, like many other things have consequences. Careful what you wish for, it may come true. The President campaigned on wide reaching tariffs, and he did the same thing last go round! When people tell you what they are one should believe them, leopards don’t change their spots.