Kirk Sigler
speaker
510 appearances
72 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 9 Sep
Kirk Sigler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Farmers hope the war and geopolitics don't get in the way with ongoing trade negotiations with China, traditionally North Dakota's largest buyer of soybeans.
Kirk Sigler in PR News, Fargo.
Farmers were already dealing with high equipment and fertilizer costs due to inflation and President Trump's latest trade war.
And the war in Iran has driven up those costs even more.
Justin Sherlock grows corn and soybeans.
Sherlock is going into his fourth straight year in the red.
The farmers here still holding on are only surviving because land prices are so high and that's collateral to the banks.
We're at a point where we're literally betting the farm to try and keep going one more year right now.
Farmers hope the war and geopolitics don't get in the way with ongoing trade negotiations with China, traditionally North Dakota's largest buyer of soybeans.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Fargo.
Spring planting season is always a gamble for farmers, but in the last year it's been even higher stakes, with continued high fuel and equipment prices and Trump's tariffs.
The U.S.
Department of Agriculture's annual spring planting report, based on surveys with farmers, reveals what many had expected.
More farmers are switching to soybeans over corn and wheat, which require more fertilizer.
These are still estimates, but the USDA predicts this could be the smallest American spring wheat crop since 1919.
The soybean crop is up by 4 percent over last year, but that comes with its own risk.
China did resume buying soybeans from the Midwest late last year, but in amounts much smaller than before Trump's latest trade war.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
Spring planting season is always a gamble for farmers, but in the last year it's been even higher stakes with continued high fuel and equipment prices and Trump's tariffs.
The U.S.
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