Soybean futures rallied more than $1 since mid-October, accelerating upward this past week as the framework for a trade deal with China was outlined.

China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes. the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Corn and soybeans are under pressure to start the week while dry and warm harvest weather continues in the Midwest.

U.S. farmers are missing out on billions of dollars of soybean sales to China halfway through their prime marketing season, as stalled trade talks halt exports and rival South American suppliers step in to fill the gap, traders and analysts said