Agriculture is directly responsible for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates emissions from the agriculture sector will modestly increase ove...

Agriculture is directly responsible for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and farmers and ranchers face growi

Loading Svelte app… From the docks of the Port of Santos, a 58-terminal complex covering an area the size of 1,500 American football fields, ships loaded with soybeans prepare to set sail for China.  ...

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order declaring an agricultural export crisis in the state as tariffs imposed by the Trump administration impact farmers.

Beijing’s bid to pressure the president leaves US farmers without their biggest customer, just as harvest gets underway.

China has not bought any U.S. soybeans from this fall’s crop, including from Illinois, which is the nation’s largest soybean grower.

Two views of how the president’s senseless economic and moral acts put the country at risk.

Two views of how the president’s senseless economic and moral acts put the country at risk.

The U.S. has traditionally been an agricultural powerhouse with a healthy trade surplus. But global dynamics are changing due to a confluence of political and economic factors. U.S. agricultural impor...

China's purchase of 7 million metric tons of Argentine soybeans signals continued avoidance of U.S. agricultural products amid ongoing trade tensions.

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No Illinois industry does more business with China than the agricultural sector, and farmers have been worried about the hit they could take with tariffs. Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.

New tariffs on traded exports impact farmers like John Bartman, who exports all of his soybeans, mostly to China, from Bartman Farm in Marengo, IL.