Today’s USDA WASDE report did not include any major unexpected changes in the supply and demand situation for the soy sector. U.S. soybean exports in 2019/20 were reduced, but U.S. soybean crush was increased as were U.S. soyoil exports. Overall, the report was relatively neutral to slightly positive. Some of the more significant changes in the report were the following for MY 2019/20:
U.S. soybean production in 2019 was reduced by 5 million bushels (96.68 MMT) after resurveying producers in the northern plains.
U.S. soybean exports were reduced by 25 million bushels to 1.65 billion bushels (44.91 MMT). That was expected based on the slow pace of U.S. soybean export thus far.
U.S. soybean crush was increased by 1...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
