Gov. Walz To Join Farmers To Talk On Impact Of Tariffs On Minnesota Soybean Farmers

CBS Minnesota

Updated on: October 15, 2025 / 7:57 AM CDT

Gov. Tim Walz will join farmers Wednesday in southern Minnesota to highlight the local impacts of tariffs. Minnesota's top agricultural export is soybeans, but President Trump's recent tariffs on China are causing purchases to plummet.

For soybean farmers in the U.S., China is a top export market. Last year, the country purchased over $12 billion worth of soybeans. But because of this year's tariffs, the country has stopped their orders.

Mr. Trump is now accusing China, the world's second-largest economy, of "purposely not buying" American soybeans, according to CBS News correspondent Kelly O'Grady.

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