North Dakota was hit hard by the recent trade standoff. Brazil is already harvesting soybeans headed to China.” Ground to a Halt “Wheat growers who experienced the Russian wheat embargo in the 1980s say they are still feeling repercussions 40 years later because other countries stepped in and sold grain to the Soviets. “We don’t know yet how all this will play out for the soybean market,” says Nancy Johnson, executive director of the North Dakota Soybean Growers Association. Spring USDA data shows 2018–2019 soybean export inspections down nearly 34 percent from the year before, with farms and cooperatives struggling to handle huge carryover and reduced cash flow. farmers and cooperatives in a trade war that hit the soybean world particularly hard. soybeans? That’s been a question on everyone’s mind since July 6, 2018, when the United States implemented China-specific tariffs. What happens when the world’s biggest buyer suddenly backs away from U.S. By Annette Bertelsen, from Spring 2019 C magazine

Golden grain farms and chs