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In North Dakota, where agriculture makes up over a quarter of the state's economic output, 90% of soybean production is exported -- most of it, under normal circumstances, to the world's top buyer, China. (Photo by Pak Yiu)

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MAYVILLE, North Dakota -- Brent Kohls is anxious as he prepares to harvest bushels of soybeans at his North Dakota farm in the next week or so.

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