Farm Sales
2025 September
2025-09-01 Soybean sales to China plummet compared to $12.6 Billion in sales in September 2024.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-in-a-bind-as-soybean-sales-to-china-plummet-to-zero-10800487
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/business/china-soybean-sales-farmers.html
https://farmaction.us/china-stopped-buying-u-s-soybeans-the-real-problem-started-decades-ago/
2025 October
2025-10-03 China bought 25% (roughly 7 billion tons) of Argentina’s soybean complex.
https://www.farmprogress.com/commentary/china-thrives-without-u-s-soybeans
2025-10-24 After bailing Argentina out with $40M, Trump announced the U.S. would be buying their beef too.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/economy/argentina-america-bailout-currency
2025-10-30 Trump discussed trade deals in China with Xi Jinping, lowering tariff rates to 47% and establishing that China will buy 25M metric tons of soybeans annually over the next 3 years.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/trump-xi-south-korea-rare-earth-tariff-trade-war-nvidia.html
2025 November
2025-11-21 Tyson Foods closed the Lexington Nebraska beef plant, leaving roughly 3200 people out of a job. This boosted Tyson stocks by 6%.
https://cap.unl.edu/news/understanding-tyson-lexington-plant-closure-what-it-means-cattle-producers/
https://www.producer.com/livestock/tyson-to-close-beef-plant-as-supplies-dwindle/
2026 March
2026-03-10 The war in Iran affected global fertilizer trade and global helium supplies.
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/fertilizer-iran-hormuz-food-crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/iran-war-us-farming-impact
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/assessing-iran-wars-impact-global-fertilizer-supplies
https://www.ifpri.org/blog/the-iran-war-potential-food-security-impacts
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/15/nx-s1-5747927/the-war-in-iran-is-impacting-earths-supply-of-helium
2026 April
2026-04-30 A bale of hay costs $23, diesel costs rose up over 46%, screwworms were an issue in the Southern border, and additional cuts to SNAP benefits were made. Meanwhile farming families are under duress and the rate of farmer suicide is increasing.
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXp39tRiciL/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LbxJS5uApQ&list=WL&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.fb.org/initiative/farm-state-of-mind
2026 May
2026-05-09 The U.S. obligated millions of dollars in soybean, corn and vegetable oil trade from Argentina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WObLO2hXP44&list=WL&index=3
2026-05-17 China committed to buy $17B in US farm goods each year from 2026 to 2028.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkxw7cbuYao&list=WL&index=1
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/china-agriculture/2026/05/17/id/1256557/
2026 July
2026-07-13 The USDA provided an inaccurate report overreporting beef sales by 90%. After they were caught, they reissued a new report, blaming the original report numbers on staffing shortages.
https://jcpost.com/posts/c5a1a926-4a4f-447a-9738-c27c48318449
2026 August
2026-08-12 When asked about the 30,000 pounds of beef at the border that was not reinspected Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller (R) stated, “Well basically the first time I ever disagreed with Trump about bringing in Argentine beef to start with”, “We also have an agriculture trade deficit. It was about $50B. So, buying more food from outside the US increased our deficit…”
INTERVIEW ON CBS TEXAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsM5J0lsNaU&list=WL&index=4&t=84s
2026-08-25 The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association argued letting 300K metric tons of imported beef into the US supply chain is bad policy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l55aODZG-8&list=WL&index=1&t=17s
https://www.wkyt.com/2026/08/24/kentucky-cattle-farmers-react-trumps-beef-import-plan/