{"id":11033,"date":"2025-10-06T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:47:46","slug":"tariffs-shutdowns-soybeans-how-policy-is-hitting-farmland-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/tariffs-shutdowns-soybeans-how-policy-is-hitting-farmland-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariffs, Shutdowns &amp; Soybeans: How Policy Is Hitting Farmland Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=600&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=600&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all&amp;i=i2vy4-1988c42-pb\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Policy is slamming the countryside. Chris Clayton (DTN\/Progressive Farmer) explains how tariffs, China\u2019s pivot to Brazilian soybeans, and a USDA shutdown are colliding with harvest to pressure basis, storage, and cash flow\u2014and to derail rural land sales. We dig into why China (historically 25\u201333% of U.S. soybean demand) is buying from Brazil (COFCO\/ports, crush), how that drives basis widening and elevator capacity issues, and what could actually move the needle: biofuels (biodiesel\/renewable diesel, ethanol, SAF). We also lay out shutdown fallout\u2014FSA farm ownership\/operating loans stalled, CRP payments paused, NRCS (EQIP\/CSP) frozen\u2014plus the limited upside from CCC\/ECAP\u2011style aid. If you buy\/sell rural land or advise landowners, this is the unvarnished read on farmland values, buyer pools, and the next 3\u20136 months.<\/p>\n<p>Why It Matters<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deals slip\/die: FSA loans are stopped, shrinking the buyer pool just as post\u2011harvest listings hit.<\/li>\n<li>Cash crunch: Basis widening + storage pressure at harvest reduce liquidity for down payments and improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Programs on ice: CRP checks delayed; NRCS projects paused\u2014affecting valuations and conservation\u2011driven marketing.<\/li>\n<li>Demand hinges on policy: RFS, biodiesel\/renewable diesel, and SAF tax credits will decide soy oil crush, corn demand, and rents.<\/li>\n<li>Strategy reality: Diversified ops with cattle are weathering this better than row\u2011crop\u2011only farms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Progressive Farmer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dtnpf.com\/agriculture\/web\/ag\/home\">https:\/\/www.dtnpf.com\/agriculture\/web\/ag\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National Land Realty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalland.com\">https:\/\/www.nationalland.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy is slamming the countryside. Chris Clayton (DTN\/Progressive Farmer) explains how tariffs, China\u2019s pivot to Brazilian soybeans, and a USDA shutdown are colliding with harvest to pressure basis, storage, and cash flow\u2014and to derail rural land sales. We dig into why China (historically 25\u201333% of U.S. soybean demand) is buying from Brazil (COFCO\/ports, crush), how &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/tariffs-shutdowns-soybeans-how-policy-is-hitting-farmland-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tariffs, Shutdowns &amp; Soybeans: How Policy Is Hitting Farmland Now&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1217],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tariffs, Shutdowns &amp; Soybeans: How Policy Is Hitting Farmland Now - National Land Realty News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn all about the impacts of tariffs and the government shutdown on ag producers in this episode of the National Land Podcast!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/tariffs-shutdowns-soybeans-how-policy-is-hitting-farmland-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tariffs, Shutdowns &amp; 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