The New Trade Map - What America Loses When the World Trades Without It. Saturday’s Core Brief

The trade map America isn’t on - Series 14 #6

For twenty years, Tyler Stafslien grew soybeans on 2,500 acres in central North Dakota. This year, he didn’t. China, which bought nearly a quarter of America’s soybean crop in 2024, bought almost nothing in 2025. From June through August, zero shipments. Stafslien watched Brazil sell a record 2.474 billion bushels to China while American grain sat in silos.

Stafslien is not collateral damage. He is the target.