The most recent China Customs data indicates that soybean imports in July reached 7.47 MMT, substantially higher than the official estimate of 5.87 MMT, and a significant slowdown is not anticipated if crush margins continue to improve. Oilseeds The most recent China Customs data indicates that soybean imports in July reached 7.47 MMT, substantially higher than the official estimate of 5.87 MMT. This uptick constitutes a 17 percent increase from June (6.39 MMT). The turnaround in July 2014 figures is actually 3.75 percent greater than the previous year (7.2 MMT). Meanwhile, China's soybean stock estimates have been revised upward to 6.3 MMT for the first week of August, an increase of 300,000 MT against the previous week as well as...
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...
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