# China starts to move stockpile | Farm Online | ACT

> China has begun selling part of its feed grain stockpile through state reserve auctions, which have seen high clearance rates this month. Nidera analysts forecast lower global corn output next season but see prices capped by strong South American harvests and record Argentine and Brazilian crops.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71060-china-starts-to-move-stockpile-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese reserve sales add feed grain supply to the market and, together with large South American corn, pressure sorghum and corn values and US export pace.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-03-04 | [China slaps extra tariffs of up to 15% on imports of major US farm exports \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14677-china-slaps-extra-tariffs-of-up-to-15-on-imports-of-major-us-farm-exports-ap.md) | +3.2% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2024-11-07 | [Trump's tariff threat puts US farm exports to China at risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14703-trump-s-tariff-threat-puts-us-farm-exports-to-china-at-risk.md) | -0.1% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2025-08-25 | [Tariff escalations trigger another decline in US farm exports to China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14640-tariff-escalations-trigger-another-decline-in-us-farm-exports-to-china.md) | +1.9% | +7.4% |
| CORN | 2017-01-26 | [America's farmers stand to lose the most in a China trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72863-america-s-farmers-stand-to-lose-the-most-in-a-china-trade-war.md) | +1.9% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2020-06-26 | [China Selling Corn Stockpiles, Driving Prices Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52651-china-selling-corn-stockpiles-driving-prices-down.md) | +4.6% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/4695441/china-starts-to-move-stockpile/

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