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Ryan Roberts eats some of the soy beans in his field to check if they are ready for harvest in Minooka, Illinois, September 24, 2014. 4.
  • China purchased more than 3 million metric tons of US soy this week, reports said.
  • The move nods to a bigger appetite than expected for the commodity as top-producer Brazil faces headwinds.
  • Reuters reported that Tuesday saw China make the biggest one-day purchase of US soybeans in months. 

China this week purchased more than 3 million metric tons of American soy, good for the biggest single-day purchase in at least three months.