Farm groups also noted the need to continue looking for export markets and developing domestic soybean markets. (Photo by Preston Keres/USDA)

Iowa farm groups and leadership celebrated President Donald Trump’s trade deal with China Thursday, which included substantial purchases of soybeans for 2025 and subsequent years.

Farm groups said the trade deal was “encouraging” but also noted the need to continue looking for export markets and developing domestic soybean markets.

Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Thursday China would purchase at least 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year, followed by at least 25 million metric tons annually in 2026, 2027 and 2028.

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