This morning USDA announced a 100 KMT soymeal sale to unknown and it highlights one of the few areas where U.S. market share in bulk commodities has been increasing, even if only slightly. U.S. soymeal exports have been rising (see graph below) and cumulative exports for the past 12 months are up 2.7 percent, year on year. This is somewhat surprising given Argentina’s historical use of the differential export tax, which incentivizes product exports like soymeal over soybean sales.
However, the reason for this growth has been flat to declining production of soybeans in Argentina. The U.S. and Brazil are growing more soybeans and exporting more meal as Argentina cedes market share. Argentina was expected to expand soybean production...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
