US soybean farmers are dangerously overdependent on China

For many years now China has been our soybean farmers’ biggest overseas customer – by a large margin. In 2024, China accounted for more than half of American soybean exports. The next largest customer, the European Union, accounted for only a tenth. In up years and down for US exports, China’s lead has been large.Some of the down years began with China’s retaliation for the tariffs President