The recent strong demand from China led to a strong week for new crop corn and soybean export sales, as both topped two million tons, but old crop corn and bean sales were below average following cancellations by unknown destinations. The USDA says China was also the biggest buyer of U.S. sorghum and wheat during the week ending July 16th. Pork sales were a little bit lower than average, but still topped 30,000 tons, led by Mexico and China, while beef exports were down more than 40% on the week at 15,600 tons.

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