3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Chad Warner harvests one of his soybean fields in Arcanum, Ohio, on September 29, 2025. China, the United States’ biggest consumer, has not placed any soybean orders this year due to ongoing tariffs and new trade deals with other countries, and farmers in Darke County, Ohio’s top soybean-producing county, are preparing for a difficult harvest. With China absent and prices falling, the lack of demand pushes overall soybean prices down and impacts all sellers.
3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Dwight Warner watches as Chad Warner unloads the grain cart at a farm in Ludlow Falls, Ohio, on September 27, 2025.
3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Soybean field in Greenville, Ohio, on September 30, 2025.
3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Chad Warner (right) and Nick Mote have lunch after Warner harvested Mote’s field, in Ludlow Falls, on September 27, 2025.
3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Garrison Warner unloads soybeans at a grain elevator in West Milton, Ohio, on September 27, 2025.
3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Rob Schmidt plants soybeans at his farm in Arcanum, Ohio, on May 14, 2025.
3rd Place, News Picture Story - Wesley Blackburn / Freelance, “Soybean Tariffs”Ian Norris, a field inspector for Remington Seeds, inspects a field in Bradford, Ohio, on September 30, 2025.
