Soy Export Sales, Large Soybean Sales to China and Elsewhere The last two weeks have seen very large sales of U.S. soybeans to China and other destinations for export in MY 2021/22. This is the time of the year U.S. exporters normally report large new-crop soybean export sales, so the sales are not a surprise, but clearly are a positive signal to the sector. Today’s USDA export sales report for the week ending 12 August indicated exporters reported net sales of soybeans totaling 67,700 MT for shipment in 2020/21 and 2,142,100 MT for export in 2021/22. The top sales for 2020/21 were for China (92,300 MT), Taiwan (12,300 MT), Japan (11,200 MT), Vietnam (11,200 MT), and Indonesia (7,600 MT). Those sales and others were partially offset...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
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On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.