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Trade wars aftermath: Soybeans piling up but China has stopped buying

North Dakota: The largest market for one of America's largest exports has shut its doors

Trade wars aftermath: Soybeans piling up but China has stopped buying
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Binyamin Appelbaum | NYT
This is harvest season in the rich farmlands of the eastern Dakotas, the time of year Kevin Karel checks his computer first thing in the morning to see how many of his soybeans Chinese companies have purchased while he was sleeping.

Farmers here in Cass County have prospered over the last two decades by growing more soybeans than any other county in the United States, and by shipping most of those beans across the Pacific Ocean to feed Chinese pigs and chickens.

But this year, the Chinese have all but stopped buying. The largest market for one of America’s largest exports has