Excess Soymeal Driving Chinse Soy Crushers’ Poor Margins While the U.S.-China trade war has caused losses for the U.S. soybean sector (among others) while being a godsend for those in South America, all soybean-producing countries may soon be facing a problem of reduced demand due to the growing African swine flu (AFS) outbreak in China. AFS is causing a sharp decline in soymeal consumption as many hogs and pigs have been killed there to prevent the disease from spreading. Demand for pork has also dropped because of some consumer concerns and bans on transporting swine/pork across provincial lines. The government has also encouraged swine producers to reduce the amount of soymeal in feed formulations from 20 percent to 12 percent, wh...
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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