China Wants People’s Rice Bowls Filled With Locally Grown Grain
- Country buys farm commodities such as corn and soy from U.S.
- Agriculture minister’s comments coincide with rising tensions
A farmer drives a harvester through a rice paddy on the outskirts of Wenzhou, China.
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China stressed the importance of keeping the people’s “rice bowl” filled with domestically grown grain at a time when available farmland is shrinking, the weather’s turning more extreme and imports are cheaper.