Bessent – a former hedge fund executive with a roughly $600 million net worth, according to Forbes – owns substantial soybean and corn farmland in North Dakota, according to his government financial disclosure.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says he felt ‘pain’ from China tariffs because he is ‘actually a soybean farmer’
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October 27, 2025
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