China

China suspends weekly state corn sales with harvest underway.

Even with less from China, world supplies will be biggest ever.

U.S. trade officials including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer landed in Beijing Thursday for talks aimed at nailing down a deal with China.

Lead negotiators for the U.S. and China prepare to meet once again in Beijing.

There is trade talk movement on several fronts right now.

Trade talks between the U.S. and China continue with both sides reporting positive steps toward a conclusion.

The White House is ramping up pressure to reach a trade deal with China in the next two weeks, warning that the U.S. is prepared to walk away from the negotiations.

Last month, the U.S. issued a statement it would be putting 30 percent tariffs on solar panels and washing machines imported from China. Less than two weeks later after the announcement, China is fighting back.

Soybeans aren’t the only legumes China is interested in buying.

Rice prices have declined for several years because of competition from huge rice producers like Vietnam and Thailand as well as increases in agricultural productivity that have boosted supplies. Over the past few decades, hundreds of rice farmers in Southeast Texas have given up the crop entirely but that could soon change.