MONROE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- President Donald Trump is considering a bailout for U.S. farmers as China, a top trade partner, has stopped buying many American crops.

Some see it as retaliation for the president’s tariffs.

“The trade war was obviously not consulted with us," said Reggie Baker, who grows soybeans on Baker Brothers Farm, his family farm in Monroe. "We love trading with China.”

It appears soybean farmers like Reggie Baker won’t be doing any business with China this year.

China usually buys about 30 percent of the soybeans grown in the U.S. This year, the country is placing zero orders.

"If you’ve counted on revenue every year and it was always there and somebody kind of pulls the rug out from under you, it’s going to hurt. Every day you wake up, you’re stressed. You’r

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