A new report released Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows export sales of 756,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. corn to China for delivery in the 2019-20 marketing year.
China holds tremendous opportunity for U.S. corn, ethanol and DDGs and NCGA welcomed this news.
The USDA report also showed Chinese purchases of 340,00 MT of hard red winter wheat for the 2020-21 marketing year.
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