NOPA's monthly soybean crush report, which was released yesterday, indicated soyoil stocks at the end of September totaled 936.88 million pounds (424,965 MT). That is the lowest volume for any month since November 2004. Low NOPA Crush Volume in September Reaffirms Tight Soybean Supply The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) yesterday released its monthly soybean crush report for September, which reaffirmed just how few soybeans existed in the U.S. last month. The report indicated NOPA's members crushed only 99.97 million bushels (2.72 MMT) of soybeans in September. That was well below the average forecast of analysts polled by Reuters of 107.553 million bushels (2.93 MMT). It was also below the August crush volume of 110.663 mi...
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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