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Rep. Fedorchak Addresses Ag Issues in Virtual Forum

By Bill Dubensky Sep 30, 2025 | 6:09 AM

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(KNOX) – Participants in U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak’s virtual forum raised concerns about impacts to North Dakota farmers due to President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade and tariff war, which has hindered Chinese purchases of American soybeans and may require federal assistance payments to keep those farms afloat. Fedorchak said Trump’s trade and tariff deals are aiming to correct a trade imbalance.

“Free trade was pretty one-sided in the past,” Fedorchak said. “There is a lot of uncertainty right now. I completely acknowledge that, but we are making progress.”

She said she is hopeful more trade deals will come to fruition in the future, such as Taiwan’s agreement to purchase an additional 25% of American agriculture products. She also said producers should expand to more domestic uses for their products, like biofuels, and encouraged more processing capability, citing the new soybean processing plant in Casselton.

When asked why farmers should get tariff support payments over other industries impacted by ongoing trade disputes, Fedorchak said farmers need to be supported because they lost their markets

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