The Market U.S. soybeans have a nearly $1/bushel advantage as Brazilian basis moves higher. The result is that last week’s export sales were substantial. Rumors are rampant of more Chinese purchasing of U.S. soybeans. Argentina reportedly bought U.S. soybeans but those may washout on financial terms. The Brazilian heat and drought could/should evolve to seasonal moisture conditions in the next week or two but La Nina could involve more drought and the market has been adding a small amount of weather premium just in case. The U.S. turns wet next week, slowing the harvest. Over the past week, the November soybean contract has gained a very modest 2.5 cents (0.24 percent).
December soymeal has been trading sideways with a slight upti...
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...
