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China begins limited purchases of US farm goods after Trump-Xi meet

The deals to import US agricultural goods come as Beijing confirmed that it suspended retaliatory tariffs on US imports

Australia sent just 546,000 metric tons of wheat to China during the October to March period, the first six months of its marketing season, down from 2.9 million tons in the first six months of the 2023/24 season, Australian customs data show.

Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

[CANBERRA] Australian wheat inventories will likely be much higher than last year at the end of the season, pressuring prices, because of a drop in Chinese imports and competition from ample supplies ...

China’s grains imports, including wheat, plunged last year after Beijing asked traders to limit purchases from overseas to support local prices and farmers.

Hot, dry weather threatens output in China’s wheat-growing belt

Drought in the country’s northern grains production region is set to continue in the next ten days, while heavy rains are forecast to batter some areas in southern China this week

China has been the biggest buyer of Australian wheat over the past couple of years.

China’s fading hunger for grain spells trouble for world farmers

WAREHOUSES across China are bulging with grain as a deepening economic crisis takes hold, leaving the world’s farmers to grapple with the prospect of a long-lasting slowdown gripping one of their larg...

Wheat buyers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, which account for two-thirds of global imports of the staple, have been caught out with relatively little supply after the weather disruptions that unexpectedly sent prices surging from April.

China’s Sinograin to expand wheat stockpiles as global supplies fall

CHINA will expand its wheat stockpile by increasing buying from domestic producers as the world’s top producer and consumer of the staple grain looks to secure supply amid recent weather-related damag...

The US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service predicts India wheat imports at 2 million tonnes in the season that began on Apr 1 on steady local demand.

World crop trade eyes India as new government may relax curbs

AGRICULTURAL markets are on watch for potential shakeups in India’s trade policies after a new government assumes office this month, which could have significant ramifications on global food prices.

Many Chinese consumers remain concerned about the safety of GM food crops.

China's approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops

China has in the past year ramped up approvals of genetically-modified corn and soy

The US government has reported the cancellation of more than 500,000 tonnes of US wheat exports to China since last week.

Chinese buyers cancel or postpone one million tonnes of Australian wheat: sources

CHINESE wheat importers have cancelled or postponed imports of about one million tonnes of Australian wheat cargoes, which were scheduled to be shipped in February, March and April, two trade sources ...

It was the third straight session with such an announcement, the most in USDA data going back to 1999.

China has never cancelled this many shipments of US wheat

CHINA cancelled another batch of United States wheat export shipments, adding to an already record number of cancellations that have weighed on Chicago futures.

A vessel being loaded with Ukrainian wheat in February, before Russia pulled out of a deal that allowed such exports.
EDITORIAL

Warning signs were long there for Ukraine grain deal

In these dangerous times, nations should diversify their food supply and keep stockpiles