imports of soybeans showing an increase of two hundred eighty three percent in imports of slayer beans from the u.s. bringing that used to a sheriff in parts of u.s. soybeans to thirty seven percent from nine percent just one year ago washington had already promised twelve billion dollars to compensate farmers hurt by the dispute with china but with harvest time approaching many of the most still uncertain i think there's maybe just a little bit of comfort there knowing the administration is backing farmers but you no longer weren't looking for any kind of an aid package we want markets to work and markets to be in china was us soybean farmers main market and it's doubtful increased e.u. imports can make up for the loss soybeans made up sixty percent of u.s. agricultural exports to the country. beijing meantime has ramped up domestic production and lowered import tariffs on other producers and one side effect of the