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With tariff talks top of mind, South Florida farmers say they’re in trouble. Crops are rotting on the vine and they’re blaming the ongoing trade wars and immigration changes. What does this mean for the future of our food? 7’s Heather Walker investigates.

 

Perfectly good tomatoes are being plowed over — instead of picked. It’s a sad scene happening in South Florida.

 

Heather Moehling, President, Miami-Dade County Farm Bureau: “You can’t even afford to pick them right now. Between the cost of the labor and the inputs that goes in, it’s more cost-effective for the farmers to just plow them right now.”

 

https://wsvn.com/news/investigations/local-farmers-blame-tariffs-immigration-crackdown-for-business-losses-wasted-crops/

 

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 NC soybeans caught in the tariff crossfire

As the No. 1 buyer of US soybeans, China’s cuts dramatically impacted the agricultural industry of North Carolina. China accounts for 48% of US soybean exports. In 2022, North Carolina exported $446 million in soybeans, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative. 

https://www.carolinajournal.com/nc-soybeans-caught-in-the-tariff-crossfire/

 

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U.S. Misses Out on Billions in China Soybean Sales Midway Through Peak Season

By this time last year, Chinese buyers had booked around 12 million to 13 million tons of U.S. soybeans for September-November shipment, said one of the traders, who is based in Singapore at an international trading company.

 

The U.S. normally ships most of its soybeans to China between September and January, before Brazil’s harvest hits the market, but Chinese buyers have yet to book any U.S. cargoes for the new crop year, according to traders tracking shipments.

 

https://www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s-misses-out-on-billions-in-china-soybean-sales-midway-through-peak-season-11807049

 

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Trump-China trade dispute heightens harvest anxiety for South Dakota soybean farmers
 

About 60% of soybeans grown in South Dakota are exported, with China formerly buying about 30%, Schmitz said. China imports soybeans largely for livestock feed to meet the growing demand for meat among its 1.4 billion people.

Now the country is boycotting purchases of U.S. soybeans in retaliation for tariffs on Chinese goods imposed recently by Republican President Donald Trump.

“There is not a bushel sold to China right now, and we’re about to harvest,” Schmitz said.

Trump has said he’s wielding tariffs — taxes on imported goods — as a negotiating tool to correct trade imbalances with other countries.

The Chinese boycott has reduced demand for U.S. soybeans, which has influenced prices. Soybeans sold for about $10.50 per bushel one year ago in South Dakota, but are now $1 to $1.50 lower, and there are fears of further declines without a China trade deal

 

 

https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/09/07/trump-china-trade-dispute-heightens-harvest-anxiety-for-south-dakota-soybean-farmers/

 

 

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In Tariff Standoff With Trump, China Boycotts American Soybeans
 

For all the chokeholds China maintains on global supply chains, it is overwhelmingly dependent on soybeans from other parts of the world. China imports three-fifths of all the soybeans traded on international markets. Now with China and the United States locked in a tense standoff over tariffs, soybeans have emerged as a central dispute between the trading partners.

China has been boycotting purchases of U.S. soybeans since late May to show displeasure with President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on imports from China. The pain is being felt in Midwest states, especially Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Indiana. For the first time in many years, American farmers are preparing to harvest their crop this fall with no purchase orders from China.

“The further into the autumn we get without reaching an agreement with China on soybeans, the worse the impacts will be on U.S. soybean farmers,” the American Soybean Association warned in a letter to Mr. Trump on Aug. 19.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/business/china-soybeans-trump-tariffs.html

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