# China changes buying tactics as U.S. grain run enters volatile stage

> China is shifting to opportunistic buying of US grain as price volatility rises after record highs peaked in May. CoBank expects China to remain an active buyer of US grain through at least the 2021-22 marketing year, with contracting for the next year now under way.

- Date: 2021-07-02 · published 2021-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45927-china-changes-buying-tactics-as-u-s-grain-run-enters-volatile-stage
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Buying on price weakness rather than steady demand makes US corn, sorghum and soybean prices more volatile, with dips likely to draw Chinese purchases.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-30 | [Report: China Changes Buying Tactics \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46561-report-china-changes-buying-tactics-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2021-07-06 | [Analysis shows China changing its grain buying tactics as the US market becomes volatile - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46125-analysis-shows-china-changing-its-grain-buying-tactics-as-the-us-market-becomes.md) | -1.9% | -12.4% |
| CORN | 2026-09-28 | [Grains fall as traders seek China buying signs after tariff cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14545-grains-fall-as-traders-seek-china-buying-signs-after-tariff-cuts.md) | -0.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2025-06-01 | [China's corn shift: Asian buyers benefit from U.S. market changes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14662-china-s-corn-shift-asian-buyers-benefit-from-u-s-market-changes.md) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-06-19 | [China retains anti-dumping tariffs on U.S. distillers grains ahead of Trump-Xi talks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58683-china-retains-anti-dumping-tariffs-on-u-s-distillers-grains-ahead-of-trump-xi.md) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| SOY | 2021-06-30 | [Report: China Changes Buying Tactics \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46561-report-china-changes-buying-tactics-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.0% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2021-07-06 | [Analysis shows China changing its grain buying tactics as the US market becomes volatile - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46125-analysis-shows-china-changing-its-grain-buying-tactics-as-the-us-market-becomes.md) | -1.3% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2026-06-30 | [China Resumes Buying US Soybeans in Trade Clouded by Politics - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14568-china-resumes-buying-us-soybeans-in-trade-clouded-by-politics-bloomberg.md) | +7.9% | +9.3% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/grain-market-news/china-changes-buying-tactics-as-u-s-grain-run-enters-volatile-stage

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