China Purchases Record Amounts of US Farm Goods, Likely Due to Food Shortages: Commentator

Harvested corn is seen after it was taken from a field at the Hansen Family Farms in Baxter, Iowa, on Oct. 12, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

China on July 14 booked its biggest single-day U.S. corn purchase on record.

It also bought 129,000 metric tons of soybeans.