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Trade battle puts soybean farmers at risk

By Didi Tang and Josh Funk, Associated Press
Oct 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025

American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland sits in his combine Sept. 12 while harvesting corn in Magnolia, Ky.
AP photo by Dylan Lovan

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By Didi Tang and Josh Funk, Associated Press

MAGNOLIA, Ky. — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland's thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn't know where he and others like him will sell their crop because China has stopped buying.

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