FARGO, N.D. ( KVLY /Gray News) – President Donald Trump is planning to help out U.S. soybean farmers with an aid package as some farmers in North Dakota are feeling the brunt of the ongoing U.S. trade war with China.

Matt Watne is the North Dakota Farmers Union president. He lives in Fargo but farms north of Velva near Minot.

“These prices don’t work, so how long can you survive that?” he said.

Wayne said farmers are feeling the uncertainty of what might come next.

“They’re very concerned and very uneasy because we have become a non-trusting, unreliable supplier,” Watne said.

Farmers may have to sell crops at a loss because of retaliatory tariffs placed by China.

North Dakota ranked number four in the U.S. in total soybean acres planted and harvested in 2024. For this year’s crop,

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