Market ManagementUS soybean futures hit an 11-week low as Chinese buying slows
The most active Chicago contract fell to $12.06 a bushel, with the US harvest at 88 per cent and Brazilian beans gaining on a weaker real and high US freight.
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China puts US pork and beef on its non-sensitive goods list, meat industry says
US pork and beef have been placed on a list of products expected to get improved trade treatment from China, a step the Meat Institute says lays the ground for tackling high retaliatory tariffs.
CropsUS soybean farmers disappointed as China keeps its 10% duty after Trump-Xi talks
Soybeans were left off the list of goods offered easier treatment after President Trump met President Xi Jinping, and futures fell 31 cents a bushel, costing growers about $20 an acre, an Iowa farmer says.
Market ManagementChina's tariff-cut list covers US corn, wheat and meat, but not soybeans
New US-China trade commitments announced on 27 September include lower Chinese tariffs on US corn, wheat, sorghum, meat and dairy, but soybeans keep an extra 10 percent duty and no start date has been set.
Market ManagementSoybeans top the agenda as Chinese team opens talks before Trump-Xi meeting
China has pledged 25 million tonnes of US soybeans a year through 2028 and bought about a million tonnes in the week before the talks, while a tariff truce expiring in November and new US drone duties complicate the summit.
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US soybean growers ask Trump to hold China to purchase pledges before Xi meeting
The American Soybean Association has written to President Trump ahead of his meeting with Xi Jinping, asking that China honour its commitment to buy at least 25 million tonnes of US soybeans a year and drop its 10 percent retaliatory duty.