DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited Northeast Iowa, exploring agribusinesses and conservation projects in Delaware, Dubuque, and Jackson counties. In the afternoon, Naig stopped at FarmTek in Dyersville. He toured the facility and met with company leaders and employees. During the visit, he discussed the recent trade agreement between the Trump…
After several years of losing money on cattle, Burleen and Pete Wobeter thought this would finally be the year things turned around. Their Iowa farm also grows corn and soybeans — crops that have been hit hard by the trade war with China — but cattle had been a bright spot so far in 2025….
Thousands of people throughout Iowa joined others across the country in the second “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump and the Trump administration’s policies on Saturday.Several dozen rallies were scheduled across Iowa, joining 2,500 events nationwide.Roughly 200-300 protestors attended events in Indianola and Ankeny. Over 1,000 people joined the rally in Des Moines, held…
Iowa soybean farmer says “export to China just isn’t there” – CBS News Watch CBS News American farmers are facing financial strain as China halts purchases of U.S. soybeans. Iowa soybean farmer April Hemmes joins CBS News to discuss. Source link
Shut out of China’s massive soybean market, the United States is pressing countries across Africa and Asia to step up purchases of American soybeans, as President Donald Trump’s trade team seeks new markets, while tensions over tariffs ripple through global trade. “We’re calling up all our soybean customers around the world as part of our…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday he expects coming talks with China to yield a “big breakthrough” in trade relations, adding that aid for soybean farmers could be announced as soon as Tuesday. Bessent made the upbeat predictions during an interview with CNBC. “The most important thing we’re going to see,” the Treasury…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for the Des Moines public schools leader detained by immigration authorities have asked an immigration court to put deportation proceedings on hold. Attorney Alfredo Parrish said his law firm filed the request for stay with the federal immigration court in Omaha on behalf of Superintendent Ian Roberts. Parrish did…
Argentina’s soybean export orders surged to a seven-year high this month as Chinese importers bought millions of tonnes of the staple crop during a brief suspension of export taxes, securing more than half of their near-term needs from South America. The rush of orders has rattled the Trump administration, where divisions are deepening over Argentine…
Officials on Saturday put the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on administrative leave, a day after federal immigration agents detained him because they said he was in the country illegally. The Des Moines school board voted unanimously to place Superintendent Ian Roberts on paid leave during a three-minute-long special meeting. The board said Roberts…
MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — 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. Beijing, which traditionally has snapped up at least a quarter of all soybeans…