# Planters’ peril: US farmers bear fallout of trade war uncertainty | Agriculture | Al Jazeera

> US farmers face weaker Chinese demand, with fields of weather-damaged corn and uncertainty over crop choices for next season. Farmers are reluctant to invest in machinery until China's Phase 1 purchase commitments are detailed and confirmed.

- Date: 2020-01-03 · published 2020-01-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55141-planters-peril-us-farmers-bear-fallout-of-trade-war-uncertainty-agriculture-al
- 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

Shifts in US acreage between corn and sorghum, and uncertainty over Chinese purchases, shape future feed grain supply and price expectations.

## Read by commodity

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

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| CORN | 2025-04-15 | [Trump trade war dries up sorghum sales to China but US farmers plan to plant more](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25177-trump-trade-war-dries-up-sorghum-sales-to-china-but-us-farmers-plan-to-plant.md) | -0.8% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2021-04-20 | [Economic Study Quantifies the Cost of the Trade War on U.S. Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47582-economic-study-quantifies-the-cost-of-the-trade-war-on-u-s-agriculture.md) | +14.8% | +12.7% |
| CORN | 2017-04-19 | [Agricultural Trade and Trump - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71367-agricultural-trade-and-trump-farm-policy-news.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [The Corn Dispute at the Heart of US–Mexico Agricultural Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17432-the-corn-dispute-at-the-heart-of-us-mexico-agricultural-trade.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| SOY | 2021-04-20 | [Economic Study Quantifies the Cost of the Trade War on U.S. Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47582-economic-study-quantifies-the-cost-of-the-trade-war-on-u-s-agriculture.md) | +8.2% | +9.5% |
| SOY | 2017-04-06 | [US Agriculture Bets the Farm on Chinese Soy Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71362-us-agriculture-bets-the-farm-on-chinese-soy-demand.md) | +0.4% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2026-01-20 | [China meets initial soybean purchase goal, but trade agreement faces uncertainty \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14611-china-meets-initial-soybean-purchase-goal-but-trade-agreement-faces-uncertainty.md) | +0.4% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- aljazeera.com: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/1/3/planters-peril-us-farmers-bear-fallout-of-trade-war-uncertainty

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