date:Oct 18, 2012
China's corn crop. Corn and peanut acres increased there too this year, at the expense of cotton.
USGC has been touring China's cornfields since 1996, when China was a major corn exporter. But thanks to growing demand for meat from a wealthier urban middle-class, China keeps its corn at home to feed to livestock (mostly hogs and poultry) and for its expanding dairy sector. China also imports corn, and USGC predicts modest imports in the coming year, possibly to maintain reserves. USDA agrees,