U.S. Crop Giants are Doing More Brazil Deals Thanks to Trade War

  • Cargill, ADM agree to ship soybeans from South America
  • Soy stockpiles in U.S. forecast to rise as exports decrease
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Some of the most iconic names in U.S. agriculture just agreed to do more business with China. But it’s coming at the expense of American farmers as the companies agree to ship more soybeans from Brazil amid Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing.

Cargill Inc., the biggest privately-held U.S. company, as well as its century-old rivals Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and Bunge Ltd., among others, inked soybean deals with China’s state-owned grain buyer this week, the Beijing-based company saidBloomberg Terminal on its official wechat account. Under the agreement, the crop will be sourced from South American countries including Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.