When U.S. farmers depend heavily on a single foreign buyer, U.S. trade policy stops being sovereign—and starts being hostage. No country has exploited that vulnerability more than China, and no crop ...

Soybeans showed a glimmer of hope for farmers in 2025, but 2026 is not looking so rosy. U.S. soybean farmers, already squeezed by thin margins and high costs, are now facing another year of stiff ...

Almost a decade ago, Lanny Faleide put together a presentation for a space conference in Houston about changes in agriculture. Faleide, the owner and founder of SatShot, which uses satellite imagery ...

Cassandra Stephenson, Tennessee Lookout; Gabby Nelson, Buffalo’s Fire and Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest Dec 30, 2025 Dec 30, 2025 RYDER, N.D. — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer ...

RYDER, N.D. — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer who’s worked his family’s land in central North Dakota for about 20 years. Roughly half of his 2,500 acres are typically dedicated to ...

RYDER, North Dakota — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer who’s worked his family’s land in central North Dakota for about 20 years. Roughly half of his 2,500 acres are typically dedicated ...

Tyler Stafslien holds soybeans harvested this fall in Ryder, N.D. in November. The quality of his crop is worse than last season, he said, because of an early frost that hit North Dakota. The ...

China has resumed buying U.S. soybeans after a months-long boycott but still lags goals set by the Trump administration's trade agreement, according to an NBC News analysis posted Tuesday. Under the ...

China has resumed purchases of U.S. soybeans after a monthslong boycott. But China has bought less than 3 million metric tons of soybeans since October, which is well short of the 12 million metric ...

A research team from the United States’ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has experimentally examined how shading in agrivoltaic systems influences sorghum and soybean grain yields, focusing on ...

At least seven bulk cargo vessels are scheduled to load or are en route with China-bound soybeans. Shipments of U.S. soybeans to China are accelerating after a tariff war had stalled trade for months.