Big U.S. Soybean Export Sales Last Week The week ending 14 May was a good one for U.S. exporters of soybeans, soymeal and soyoil according to today’s USDA export sales report. Large sales to China were the major reason. Net soybean export sales last week for shipment in 2019/20 totaled 1,205,000 MT. The top sales were for China (737,400 MT), unknown destinations (177,700 MT), Egypt (89,300 MT), Italy (38,600 MT), and Canada (28,800 MT). Sales for shipment in 2020/21 totaled 464,200 MT with all but 2,000 MT of that being for China. Soybean exports last week totaled 500,000 MT. The destinations mostly were Egypt (137,300 MT), China (76,700 MT), Mexico (61,300 MT), Italy (38,600 MT), and Taiwan (36,000 MT). Net soymeal export sa...
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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