01/08/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/08/2026 15:38
January 8, 2026
The first soybean shipments from the Midwest to ports in the Pacific Northwest and the U.S. Gulf resumed in December, after President Donald Trump reached a trade agreement with China in October.
The renewed demand for U.S. soybeans comes as U.S. farmers harvested a strong soybean crop last year.
Union Pacific transports about 1.3 billion bushels of grain a year, connecting the Midwest and Western production areas to Mexico and export terminals in the Pacific Northwest and Gulf Coast.