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China In-Country Analysis

Early last week at the 2015 Provincial Economic Working Conference, provincial authorities announced resolutions to continue subsidizing local corn processors in 2016 as a way to help the sector address the corn reserve issue. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Up Nearly 16 Percent China’s domestic soymeal inventories continued their upward trend last week and rose to 1.55 MMT, a 210,000 MT increase over the previous week. As a result, that volume closed out the year at 760,000 MT above the year-end total in 2014. Among the surveyed regions, soymeal inventories in northeast China experienced the biggest week-on-week jump as they rose from 110,000 MT two weeks ago to 170,000 MT last week (+56.44 percent). In Shandong and north China, inventorie...

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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 21 – 25 April 2025 Crop Outlook 2025 The spring planting campaign in Russia is in full swing. Fifty-six regions of Russia are reportedly planting spring crops, and this season is showing much better speed than last year. To date, around 10.5 million hectares (Mha) a...

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Market Commentary: Cattle Extend Record Rally; Wheat Finds New Lows; Corn, Soyoil Collapse

The CBOT tried to rally overnight and posted some slight gains heading into the morning break, but thereafter the market quickly found selling pressure. Monday’s favorable Crop Progress and conditions report from USDA offered much of the justification for the selling pressure and helped s...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.7025/bushel, down $0.13 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.255/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.5275/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $298.2/short ton, up $2.3...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 21 – 25 April 2025 Crop Outlook 2025 The spring planting campaign in Russia is in full swing. Fifty-six regions of Russia are reportedly planting spring crops, and this season is showing much better speed than last year. To date, around 10.5 million hectares (Mha) a...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Cattle Extend Record Rally; Wheat Finds New Lows; Corn, Soyoil Collapse

The CBOT tried to rally overnight and posted some slight gains heading into the morning break, but thereafter the market quickly found selling pressure. Monday’s favorable Crop Progress and conditions report from USDA offered much of the justification for the selling pressure and helped s...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.7025/bushel, down $0.13 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.255/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.5275/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $298.2/short ton, up $2.3...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis

Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Oman will be hosting the USSEC 9th Regional Aquaculture Production Conference 2-5 May. Sustainable aquaculture production will be a major topic at the conference. Morocco’s Agriculture Ministry says that favorable rains in M...

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