Analysis-China's largest US soybean buy in 2 years buoys prices, triggers sales by struggling farmers

By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -The largest U.S. soybean sales to China in more than two years this week could be just the beginning of an accelerated buying program by Beijing after the world's top importer shunned U.S. supplies for months due to a trade war with Washington. Even if purchases fall short of the 12 million metric tons that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced, the uptick ​in sales has buoyed crop prices. That triggered a flurry of sales by farmers who were holding their crop ...