Crop production estimates put pressure on trade

Crop production estimates put pressure on trade

An ag economist with Purdue University says the USDA corn and soybean production estimates are putting pressure on trade officials to come to an agreement with China.

Chris Hurt says the need for markets is even more important as harvest approaches.

“We’ve got a huge crop and we need markets to sell that crop and this is a particularly bad time to have such a big crop and then have some restrictions in our primary market going to China,” he says.

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