Soybean Plantings in China's Heilongjiang Province Down by 20 Percent Reports out of China indicate farmers in the country's Heilongjiang province have reduced their soybean plantings by 20 percent this year. The area planted to soybeans this year is estimated at only 2.7 million hectares. Last year, the province produced 4.85 MMT of soybeans. Assuming the same yields as last year, the cut in plantings this year may result in production falling by almost 1 MMT. That would need to be offset by increased imports. Plantings also are expected to be lower in other provinces.Farmers reduced their soybean plantings in order to expand plantings of other crops. Chinese sources indicate corn plantings in the province this year will increase by 6.7...
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Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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