# US farmers are all ears about prospects for this year’s corn crop as China continues big soybean purchases | South China Morning Post

> US farmers are weighing a shift from soybeans to corn this year as US-China talks continue. China made its third large soybean purchase from the US in four weeks, but US soybean prices are about 15 percent below their 2018 high due to a large South American crop.

- Date: 2019-01-30 · published 2019-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60963-us-farmers-are-all-ears-about-prospects-for-this-year-s-corn-crop-as-china
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expected acreage shifts from soybeans to corn would tighten corn supply and weigh on soybean supply expectations, shaping feed grain and meal price outlooks.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- scmp.com: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2184261/us-farmers-are-all-ears-about-prospects-years-corn-crop-china

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