RANDOM LAKE, Wis. — China agrees to resume purchasing American soybeans, bringing welcome news to soybean farmers in Wisconsin. The state has 16,000 soybean farmers.

Steve Wilkens is one of them in Random Lake. His family owns Silver Creek Farms.

"We've been in this general area since the late 1850s. We hope to stay here for many generations," Wilkens told TMJ4.

China agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the United States between now and January. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it is part of the deal for the country to purchase 25 million metric tons annually for a period of three years. This all comes after China refused to buy soybeans from the U.S. since May.

"It was difficult. The weakness of the soybean market was a little bit hard to not notice," Wilkens sa

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