# China's agriculture purchases short of trade agreement with US

> China's purchases of US agricultural products outside soybeans could fall to a seven-year low. Reported purchases total about $7 billion, well below the $17 billion pledged in the trade agreement, while soybean commitments remain on track.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-05T06:05:36.663Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81112-china-s-agriculture-purchases-short-of-trade-agreement-with-us
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Weak Chinese buying of US corn, sorghum and meat leaves US grain stocks heavy and pressures domestic feed grain prices, though soybean demand is holding up.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-06-16 | [China hits U.S. agriculture with retaliation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64580-china-hits-u-s-agriculture-with-retaliation.md) | -0.9% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2018-04-04 | [How China will target U.S. agriculture - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65374-how-china-will-target-u-s-agriculture-politico.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2023-11-02 | [U.S. farm leaders, visiting China, talk up agriculture trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14797-u-s-farm-leaders-visiting-china-talk-up-agriculture-trade-reuters.md) | +1.4% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2020-10-27 | [Trump's phase one trade deal with China and the US election \| PIIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50504-trump-s-phase-one-trade-deal-with-china-and-the-us-election-piie.md) | -3.7% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2021-12-23 | [China to fall short on promises to U.S. as trade deal ends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14969-china-to-fall-short-on-promises-to-u-s-as-trade-deal-ends.md) | -0.7% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2021-04-27 | [US-China phase one tracker: China’s purchases of US goods - WITA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47449-us-china-phase-one-tracker-china-s-purchases-of-us-goods-wita.md) | -0.6% | -2.9% |
| SOY | 2019-11-14 | [Trade talks hit bump as China resists US demands on agricultural purchases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55910-trade-talks-hit-bump-as-china-resists-us-demands-on-agricultural-purchases.md) | +0.3% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2019-12-14 | [Factbox: A lot of soy, a little rice - China's historical U.S. agricultural purchases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55442-factbox-a-lot-of-soy-a-little-rice-china-s-historical-u-s-agricultural-purchases.md) | +2.3% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- ksn.com: https://www.ksn.com/news/agriculture/chinas-agriculture-purchases-short-of-trade-agreement-with-us/amp/

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