Soybeans and Shifting Markets: What Happens Without China?

Soybean farmers are struggling without China among the list of U.S. export customers. To maintain soybean demand, growers are heavily dependent on exports, particularly exports to China. The world’s largest soybean importer has backed away from buying U.S. soybeans, which is hurting farmers’ bottom line. On this edition of The Soybean Pod, from South Dakota soybean farmers and their checkoff, Tregg Cronin, a farmer and market analyst from Gettysburg, South Dakota, says there are no easy answers, and there is no quick resolution on the horizon.