Will America’s extended trade truce with China be a boon for farmers in the US Midwest?

There is a major divide in the American heartland.
US farm states are facing a drop in exports of key commodities as Beijing turns to alternative suppliers, primarily in Brazil, as a result of Donald Trump’s trade war.
Some farmers, however, want to give the US president the benefit of the doubt that his go-slow approach to Beijing will eventually bear fruit in the form of more orders from China as well as other trading partners.
Others fear that no combination of new markets will replace the…