Crop Futures Advance Ahead of Key USDA Report, China Summit
Harvested soybeans are moved from a grain truck to a storage silo on a farm near Gregory, Arkansas.
Photographer: Rory Doyle/BloombergGrain and oilseed futures rose ahead of a key US government supply-and-demand report and a summit between President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, who leads the world’s biggest importer of soybeans.
The US Department of Agriculture is set to deliver its first outlook for the 2026-27 growing season Tuesday in the closely watched WASDE report. That will be followed Wednesday by the Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, where discussions are expected to focus on everything from trade to the Iran war.