# Damaged soybean crop hits farmers reeling from U.S.-China trade war | Farmtario

> Rain-damaged soybeans in the Mississippi Delta, soaked by late-season storms including Hurricane Florence remnants, do not meet contract quality standards. Farmers who sold forward face penalties for undeliverable contracts, on top of a US-China trade war that has pushed prices to decade lows.

- Date: 2018-10-22 · published 2018-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62590-damaged-soybean-crop-hits-farmers-reeling-from-u-s-china-trade-war-farmtario
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Off-grade supply adds to downward pressure as exporters struggle to place beans without Chinese demand. Quality penalties further squeeze farm margins and may reduce deliverable supply.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-11-12 | [U.S. soybean farmers hang on for dear life in Trump's China trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62097-u-s-soybean-farmers-hang-on-for-dear-life-in-trump-s-china-trade-war.md) | +1.9% | +4.5% |
| SOY | 2020-01-09 | [New Data: U.S. Soybean Farmers Lost 2nd Year To China Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55115-new-data-u-s-soybean-farmers-lost-2nd-year-to-china-trade-war.md) | -1.0% | -6.1% |
| SOY | 2019-08-08 | [US-China trade war: Soybean farmers are working new markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57614-us-china-trade-war-soybean-farmers-are-working-new-markets.md) | +1.4% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2019-03-02 | [As trade war wears on, U.S. soybean farmers start to worry that China's demand won't return](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60197-as-trade-war-wears-on-u-s-soybean-farmers-start-to-worry-that-china-s-demand.md) | -1.7% | -1.7% |
| SOY | 2018-07-12 | [Fall in soybean prices from China trade spat leaves farmers struggling](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5851-fall-in-soybean-prices-from-china-trade-spat-leaves-farmers-struggling.md) | +1.5% | +7.7% |

## Sources

- farmtario.com: https://farmtario.com/crops/damaged-soybean-crop-hits-farmers-reeling-from-u-s-china-trade-war/

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