# U.S. Trade with China Improving, Lifting U.S. Farmer Prospects - The Food Institute

> China accepted its first commercial container of US medium grain Calrose rice from California, sold by ADM Rice to a private importer. Chinese buyers had reportedly slowed purchases ahead of the US presidential election.

- Date: 2020-11-03 · published 2020-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50019-u-s-trade-with-china-improving-lifting-u-s-farmer-prospects-the-food-institute
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The shipment is a small step toward Phase One purchase commitments and modestly supports US rough rice demand, though volumes are minimal.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2026-09-29 | [U.S.-China Trade Details \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14549-u-s-china-trade-details-red-river-farm-network.md) | -1.2% | +6.3% |
| RICE | 2020-03-23 | [Ephemeral spike in demand in India’s food sector owing to Covid-19: TPCI - Trade Promotion Council of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54094-ephemeral-spike-in-demand-in-india-s-food-sector-owing-to-covid-19-tpci-trade.md) | +5.2% | +9.6% |
| RICE | 2018-08-24 | [How the Iraq rice deal impacts southwest Louisiana farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63597-how-the-iraq-rice-deal-impacts-southwest-louisiana-farmers.md) | -1.2% | -8.5% |
| RICE | 2018-07-24 | [China clears 14 Indian rice companies for export amid trade war with US \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63989-china-clears-14-indian-rice-companies-for-export-amid-trade-war-with-us-economy.md) | -0.3% | -14.4% |
| RICE | 2018-12-30 | [China Market Open for Import of U.S. Milled Rice; Big Deal for Louisiana and Rice Farmers — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61658-china-market-open-for-import-of-u-s-milled-rice-big-deal-for-louisiana-and-rice.md) | +3.5% | +6.7% |

## Sources

- foodinstitute.com: https://foodinstitute.com/focus/u-s-trade-with-china-improving-lifting-u-s-farmer-prospects/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.