April 13, 2025

Caleb Ragland, a Kentucky farmer who is the president of the American Soybean Association, pleaded with U.S. President Donald Trump to end the trade war in an article published on Wednesday in The Free Press, according to the Newsweek.

"I am one of the 500,000 soybean farmers in America who feels the pain. I rely on my own farm for 100 percent of the income for my family and the families of our three full-time workers," he was quoted as writing.

Ragland described the trade war as a "gamble with American livelihoods, especially for farmers" and called on Trump to "please make a deal with China now" to end it.

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