China is top US ag export customer, although purchases dip

China “is expected to remain the largest destination for U.S. agricultural products for the fifth consecutive year” even though its purchases will drop by $2 billion, to $23.6 billion, this year, said the USDA’s chief economist Robert Johansson at the Outlook Forum. China buys nearly one-fifth of U.S. farm exports. Canada is the No. 2… » Read More

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