Big Weekly Decline in U.S. Soybean Export Sales After five months of record U.S. soybean export sales and shipments it was clear sales had to sharply decline at some point to assure the domestic market of an adequate supply. Today’s USDA export sales report confirmed that the week ending 18 February was the week the sharp decline is export sales occurred. Net soybean export sales last week for shipment in 2020/21 declined by 72 percent from the past four-week average to only 167,900 MT. Sales primarily for the Netherlands (139,100 MT), Japan (77,700 MT), Germany (75,200 MT), Bangladesh (58,200 MT), and Spain (57,500 MT) were largely offset by reductions in sales to unknown destinations of 300,800 MT. USDA also indicated export...
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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