Leaders of Canada’s soybean industry expect the soybean plantings there will total 10 million acres by 2027. However, the sector has a notable problem with its production that impacts prices, and addressing this matter is said to be a priority. NOPA’s March Soybean Crush Volume Falls Below Trade Estimate Yesterday the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) released its monthly crush report, which indicated members processed 153.06 million bushels (4.166 MMT) of soybeans in March, above the 142.792 million bushels (3.887 MMT) in February but below the 156.69 million bushels (4.265 MMT) in March 2016 as well as the average estimate of trade analysts surveyed by Reuters of 158.25 million bushels (4.307 MMT). The daily crush rate in M...
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...
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