DES MOINES, Iowa -- For a harvest season that has been difficult for Iowa farmers, some optimism returned on Thursday morning.

After the Trump administration's action got China to purchase United States soybeans, local farmers are glad that the market is once again available to sell to.

"That's positive in the sense that we have that now moving forward. We do need to keep in mind that if it is to be 12 million metric tons of soybeans this market year, that is still less than half of what we would normally sell to China in a normal year," said Grant Kimberley, the Senior Director for Market Development with the Iowa Soybean Association. Kimberley is a sixth-generation Iowa soybean farmer from Maxwell.

The 12 million metric tons, roughly 441 million bushels of soybeans was agreed upon to

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