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Soybean harvest starts without Chinese orders

Oct 5, 2025
Oct 5, 2025

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Monthly U.S. soybean exports vs. exports to China. Source: Foreign Agricultural Service

Graphic courtesy of Purdue University

Monthly Brazil soybean exports vs. exports to China. Source: Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex/Brazil)

Graphic courtesy of Purdue University

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Editor’s note: The following was written Sept. 22 by Joana Colussi, Purdue University assistant professor of economics, and Michael Langemeier, director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture.

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