# Episode 38 – China’s Soybean Pump Fake Author: thatch Published: 2018-12-26 Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/companion/episode-38-chinas-soybean-pump-fake/ --- ![Episode 38 – China’s Soybean Pump Fake](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CCpageheader.jpg) In this episode, Mississippi State University Extension economist Dr. O.A. Cleveland drops in to discuss the forces shaping cotton prices. *Cotton Grower* editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss China’s soybean purchase, and what it could mean for U.S. cotton. [![Episode 38 – China’s Soybean Pump Fake](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/apple-50px.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cotton-companion/id1003900020?mt=2) [![Episode 38 – China’s Soybean Pump Fake](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Google-music-50px.png)](https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ivyyrulsqv2iqu5bl7uciui3ccm?t%3DThe_Cotton_Companion%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16) [![Episode 38 – China’s Soybean Pump Fake](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Spodify-50px.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/2VVvVXQizfND8stXzeJW77)