Heat, floods threaten China crops as U.S. farm purchases loom

China pledged to buy $17 billion of US farm goods annually through 2028, excluding soybeans, under a trade truce, but has not yet made the large non-soybean purchases expected after the May leaders' meeting. Heat and floods in China are threatening corn, sorghum and cotton crops, particularly during corn pollination in the North China Plain and in Xinjiang cotton areas.