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His family tills 3,400 acres of soybeans, corn and other crops.

Many Sonoma growers had historically considered grapes a crop of last resort, compared with more profitable apples, prunes and olives.

As U.S. farmers harvest a bumper soybean crop, Chinese buyers have disappeared; a bailout is expected.

IGC says that farmers turn to charcoal production as an alternate source of income when droughts occur and crops fail.

Ryuji Kurashima, 57, is one of the growing crop of Japanese citizens dipping their toes into the market in the hunt for yields.