Large US. Soy Export Sales Last Week USDA’s weekly export sales report of today surprisingly showed a major increase in the volume of U.S. soybeans sold last week and also very good totals for soymeal and soyoil. The higher sales were most likely a result of importer concern about the impact of the ongoing drought in Argentina and Uruguay on future supplies. Net soybean sales for export in 2017/18 totaled 2,509,500 MT, up 193 percent from the previous week. The top destination was China at 1,275,900 MT, an unexpected but welcomed amount considering how many fewer U.S. soybeans have been sold/shipped to that country in the current marketing year The other major destinations were Mexico (307,100 MT), Egypt (221,000 MT) and Bangladesh...
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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