Last week's soymeal inventories in China surged to a 12.8 percent gain over the previous week. After remaining well below 2014 figures for months, they were 470,000 MT higher than the same week a year ago as a result of several factors. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Surge 12.8 Percent Last week’s estimated soymeal inventories rose 150,000 MT or 12.8 percent over the previous week to 1.32 MMT. After remaining well below 2014 figures for months, they were 470,000 MT higher than the same week a year ago. This significant increase is largely due to the high utilization rates of the soybean processing industry and record soybean imports since September. Among the surveyed regions, soymeal inventories fell last week in northeast China, Guangdon...
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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