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No 'free pass': GOP lawmaker downplays farm bankruptcies in his own state

Despite a 13% increase in soybean harvest, South Dakota farmers face soaring bankruptcies as no soybeans were sold to China this season, Rep. Johnson said.

Summary by Alternet
U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) assured CNN anchor John Berman that farmers are enduring the collapse of the U.S. soybean market, despite President Donald Trump disrupting all sales to their biggest international buyer.“I was at the Farm Aid concert in Minnesota, and we've been hearing from soybean farmers on the show and farmers in general. They say that these farms could go under soon if they don't get help,” Bergman told Johnson. Fortune rep…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
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