Near Record NOPA Soybean Crush in December The National Oilseed Processors Association yesterday released its monthly soybean crush report for December. The report indicated NOPA’s members reported crushing 174.812 million bushels (4.758 MMT) of soybeans in December. That was up from the 164.909 million bushels (4.489 MMT) crushed in November. It not only was a record crush volume for December, but it also was the second-largest crush during any month. The only month larger was October 2019 when 175.397 million bushels (4.774 MMT) were crushed. The report indicated NOPA members had 1.757 billion pounds (796,970 MT) of soyoil in storage at the end of December. That was 21.3 percent greater than oil stocks on 30 November 2019 of...
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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