This week's Export Sales report from USDA offers insight into the grain market's likely price pattern going forward. Based on historic export patterns, U.S. exporters are facing a situation different from last year. Similarly, soybean sales point to changing opportunities for those in the oilseed industry. There appears to be little doubt the USDA will have to increase the corn and soybean export sales estimates in next Thursday's (10 May) WASDE revisions. Export sales to China have continued to pour in over the past few weeks. The table below is an update on China's corn and soybean purchases from the U.S. for the current marketing year. There are two important numbers here:
Even though total old crop soybean sales commitments to Chin...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
