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China In-Country Analysis

Market Sees Less Wheat Substituting for Corn Most Chinese feed plants recently have been decreasing wheat rations in feed because of wheat prices being increasingly higher than corn prices in the market. By the end of February, feed plants in southern China have lowered the wheat ration in feed to less than 10 percent from 20-30 percent last December. Additionally, with new corn put on the market since last October, most feed plants in northern China have stopped purchasing wheat in recent months.The wheat price is expected to be weak in March. In addition to fewer feed plants substituting wheat for corn, flour demand has been low after the Chinese New Year. In some regions, wheat purchasing price by flour plants dropped nearly $6.35/MT...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.69/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.43/bushel, up $0.12 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.58/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $296.9/short ton, up $2.6 from ye...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.69/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.43/bushel, up $0.12 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.58/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $296.9/short ton, up $2.6 from ye...

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Export Sales and Shipments for April 18-24, 2025. Wheat: Net sales of 72,000 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were down noticeably from the previous week and down 24 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 491,700 MT were up 3 percent from the previous week and 9 percent from t...

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