It now appears Indian soy industry officials agree that India's 2013 soybean crop will not be anywhere near as large as the 12–13 MMT that some in India were forecasting earlier this year. China Imported 6.03 MMT of Soybeans in November China's General Administration of Customs indicated yesterday that China's soybean imports in November totaled 6.03 MMT. Of that amount, 3.55 MMT were imported from the U.S, 1.378 MMT from Brazil, 770,469 MT from Argentina and 279,734 MT from Uruguay. Imports from Canada totaled 40,998 MT. China imported 55.97 MMT of soybeans during the first 11 months of CY 2013, an increase of 6.63 percent over the same period of 2012. Imports from Brazil in the 11-month period totaled 31.23 MMT, a 31.4 percent increase...
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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