Wheat harvest

A mound of soft white wheat after harvest. A Chinese customer has made a major purchase of soft white wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest.

 EO Media Group File

China’s first major purchase of U.S. wheat since the trade war broke out has farmers hopeful the door to more exports to that Asian nation is opening.

U.S. Wheat Associates received confirmation from export companies that an unidentified buyer in China recently purchased 130,000 metric tons of soft white wheat, a market class primarily grown in the Pacific Northwest.

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