President Donald Trump says he’s planning a $10 billion aid package for U.S. soybean farmers so they can weather the season without business from China — America’s biggest soybean buyer.

Soybeans make up a quarter of Minnesota’s exports, which equates to about $2 billion in annual sales, according to the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Farmers across the country are still recovering from reputational harm after the 2018 trade war with China.

Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing recently returned from a trade trip to Italy. He has also been making the rounds in Washington, D.C., speaking with Minnesota’s congressional delegation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the White House as the fall harvest gets underway.

Glessing talked with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about t

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