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Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst are calling on the Trump administration to move swiftly to restore U.S. access to foreign soybean markets and bolster domestic demand as farmers face tumbling prices, full grain bins and growing uncertainty amid escalating trade tensions with China.

In a letter sent Monday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Nunn and Ernst — joined by Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis. — urged federal action to suspend retaliatory tariffs, prioritize soybean market talks with Beijing and finalize key domestic fuel policies.

“Right now,

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