Farmers Are in ‘Fight to Survive’ as US Soy Harvest Kicks Off

A summer-like start to autumn across the US heartland means that crop fields are rapidly drying out, forcing farmers to gather crops before plants crumble to the ground.

But China, typically the biggest buyer of US soybeans, still hasn’t booked a single shipment of the crop from this year’s harvest. So now, one question looms large: Where will farmers put all those beans?

Experts are warning that growers are facing an inevitable storage crunch. Many will probably run out of space to stockpile crops until demand picks up again. That leaves few options: Resort to piling up mountains of ...