China's Snub of U.s. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers

This has a knock on effect where US farmers are struggling, and that leads to US manufacturers of farming equipment struggling and so on. Willy-nilly tariff fights are not a wise decision as the second order effects can be surprising.

>White House officials have been considering rolling out federal aid to keep farmers afloat like they did during the 2019 trade war.

There was another NYT article that indicated farmers were not perpendicularly happy about this either as that aid tends to float farmers and keep prices low for the larger companies they sell the product. Farmers are aware that in a way they're just being used to support very large food companies who control the market.

I think those extra soybeans could be used to make rolled soy flakes. They are like oats, but contain a lot of protein and some fats, and can be combined with oats to form a complete meal (if a multivitamin and salt is also added).

It seems to me that soy flakes are currently very underrated and there's quite an opportunity to market them as a supplement to breakfast cereals, as an ingredient for protein-rich "muesli" and even as part of a non-ultra-processed full meal replacement.

I imagine this will mean animal based agriculture in America should get much cheaper since Soybean meal is the lowest it has been in 10 years. Although that trend has been happening since it reached its highest highs in 2023.