Soy Export Sales Highlights Today’s USDA export sales report showed a major increase in U.S. export sales of soybeans both for the current marketing year and MY 2020/21. Soybean exports also were up from last week. Net soybean export sales in the week ending 2 July totaled 952,200 MT for MY 2019/20 and 382,100 MT for MY 2020/21. The top sales for 2019/20 were China (461,400 AMT), Indonesia (131,000 MT), Pakistan (70,000 MT), Bangladesh (58,400 MT), and Mexico (56,100 MT). The top sales for shipment in 2020/21 were China (192,000 MT), unknown destinations (92,000 MT), Mexico (54,000 MT), Taiwan (25,500 MT), and Japan (7,000 MT). Soybean exports last week totaled 467,500 MT, a 20 percent increase over the previous week. The top destin...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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