Prices surge on expectation that Beijing will resume crop purchases

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Soybeans are loaded into a truck from a transfer hopper during harvest season in Deerfield, Ohio, in October 2021. © Reuters

TAKESHI KUMON

November 1, 2025 01:45 JST

TOKYO — International soybean prices surged with Thursday’s U.S.-China summit, driven by expectations that Beijing would resume purchases of American-grown legumes.