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
2025-10-16 Recommended video:Rob Sand was interviewed on The Takeout with Major Garett and discussed trade, economics, and agriculture.
2025-10-24 Trump announced plans to buy beef from Argentina. For context, Trump had just bailed Argentina out with $40 BILLION in American taxpayer funds a week prior (unrelated note: American meat processing plants also profit from things like byproducts, leather, and glue).
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 The Tyson Foods company announced it would close the long-time Lexington Nebraska beef plant around January 2026, leaving roughly 3200 people out of a job. Also noteworthy, it was reported that this closure would boost 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 Strikes on Iranian oil fields wouldn’t just effect gas prices. It would also affect the global fertilizer trade for growing crops 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 By the end of April, a bale of hay costs $23 a piece, diesel costs rose up over 46%, screwworms were an issue in the Southern border, and additional cuts to SNAP benefits while farming families are under duress.
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
2026 May
2026-05-09 “Why is the U.S. pouring money and support to countries selling agricultural products to China?” In 2024 the U.S. obligated roughly $6.37M to 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/