Low Commodity Prices Add Stress to Tight Farm Budgets
Despite a wind storm tearing through the Midwest and drought conditions in isolated areas, a bumper crop of both corn and soybeans is expected this year.
Read moreDespite a wind storm tearing through the Midwest and drought conditions in isolated areas, a bumper crop of both corn and soybeans is expected this year.
Read moreChina’s hog herd is recovering well from African swine fever. The country is expected to accelerate soybean purchases from the U.S. between May and August.
Read moreAmerican soybeans that were once stranded on ships along China’s coast are now coming ashore. The beans were stranded because although a 30 percent retaliatory tariff had been waived, buyers still had to pay a deposit.
Read moreChinese buyers have “completed deals to buy soybeans and pork of considerable scale.” Negotiators are due to resume talks this month in Washington.
Read moreChina newswire Xinhua revealed something interesting. It said Beijing “will allow Chinese businesses to purchase a certain amount of soybeans and pork from the United States.” The word “allow” is key.
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