Soybeans Hit Longest Slump Since Dot.Com Era as China Sales Lag

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The last time soybeans slumped for this long Google was still three months away from being founded.

The oilseed used in everything from renewable fuel to salad dressing ends October with its sixth straight monthly loss, the worst run since May 1998. That year, like 2021Bloomberg Terminal, U.S. farmers were heading into a record harvest.