The Market After November soybeans hit a new year high of 1428/bushel, they slid this week by 19.25 cents to 1382.5/bushel. With 20 percent of U.S. soybean area in a categorically serious drought and supplies deemed tight in 2023/24, buyers may have sensed some desperation. They bought 1.7 MMT of new MY U.S. soybeans this week despite Brazil shoveling them out readily. Meal and oil also fell back this week despite recent higher gains.
Regardless of the near-term market vacillations, what is certain is the long-term bull market for oilseeds. One forecast indicates an expected CAGR of 8.2 percent through 2030. Brazil assumes it will be a prime beneficiary of the trend. The Agriculture Ministry’s Projections of Agribusiness, Br...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
