The combined effects of sluggish demand from downstream users and the large surplus of corn forced Chinese processors to take significant price hits last week. Despite demand falling, they have had no choice but to increase utilization rates in order to deal with the sizable corn inventory. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Continue to Rise The estimated soymeal inventories for China's major crushers climbed to 882,400 MT last week, an increase of 12.34 percent compared with the previous week. In terms of year-on-year comparison, they reached 1.97 MMT for the same week in 2014, more than double last week's total. At the regional level, the largest increase last week occurred in Shandong Province where the inventories rose 182.22 percent to 18...
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...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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