Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, was interviewed by China Daily March 30 for the story "China's ethanol demand remains strong."
"What is more important for the (U.S.) ethanol industry is the potential missed opportunity, given that China's ethanol production and demand for exports will be much greater due to the ethanol mandate."
And on April 2 by Scott Tong, NPR Marketplace, about the Chinese 25% tariff on US pork and China-US trade dispute.
China is trying to let the Trump administration know “that they are willing to fight and … willing to target agricultural products,” Iowa State University economist Wendong Zhang said.
And on April 3 for a story about the strain for farmers due to China's pork and ethanol tariffs in the Ottumwa Courier.
“My concern is, this Friday, the administration will potentially put a new tariff on goods up to $50-60 billion,” Zhang said. “It is likely that soybeans will be part of next round of Chinese actions.”
April 4 by Jamie Ducharme, Fortune.com, for a story "Why President Trump's Trade War With China Could Make Bacon More Expensive."
“The livestock industry actually benefited a lot from corn prices dropping in late 2013, early 2014,” Zhang agrees. “But we are talking about a gigantic portion of oversupply [of soybeans], potentially, through the trade actions, and it is hard to derive an optimistic view based on the hog production.”
And for a CNBC April 4th story "Fear of 'disastrous situation' in farm economy as China targets huge US soybean business" by Jeff Daniels.
"So essentially if this becomes a reality two months later, this will be a disastrous situation for U.S. agriculture."