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The combines are in the field

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and Wisconsin.

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Soybean harvest

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is looking strong.

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What's not strong, however,

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is the price per bushel.

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I'm Here.

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& Now.

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Senior political reporter

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Zac Schultz.

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I spoke with Doug Rebout,

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a Rock County farmer

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and president

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of the Wisconsin

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Soybean Association.

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He says prices are so low

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some farmers may go

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out of business.

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This all stems

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from the Trump

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administration's trade war

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with China.

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China is the largest buyer

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of American soybeans.

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And when the

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Trump administration hit them

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with tariffs,

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China retaliated by refusing

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to buy any more American

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beans,

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instead switching

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to buying their soybeans

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from Brazil and Argentina.

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That means there's really not

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a strong market

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for these beans,

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And as they come off

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the field, farmers

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usually don't store

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beans in grain bins.

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They have to take them

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to a grain elevator,

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Where they can

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either accept the price

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that's offered and lose money

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or pay by the month,

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and have them stored

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in the hope that prices go up

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and they can

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kind of break even.

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Either way, it's bad news

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for the Wisconsin farmer.

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For more on this

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and other issues,

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visit pbswisconsin.org

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