US soybean farmers battered by trade row with China | Business

CORDOVA, MARYLAND, United States, Oct 13, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The US soybean harvest is underway and in rural Maryland, farmer Travis Hutchison cracks open a pod to show how a field is nearly dry enough for reaping. But a decent yield is not enough to secure his income this year -- with China, once the biggest buyer of US soybean exports, halting orders in a trade row triggered by President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs. Soybean prices "are really depressed because of the trade war," Hutchison told AFP. His family tills 3,400 acres of soybeans, corn and other crops. "I wasn't against the president trying it, because I think we needed better trade deals," added the 54-year-old of Trump's policies. But...