U.S. Soy Export sales Highlights Today USDA released the weekly export sales report for the week ending 15 August. It indicated net sales of soybeans totaled 25,900 MT for MY 2018/19 shipment. Sales to Germany (68,500 MT), Indonesia (56,000 MT), Bangladesh (53,100 MT), Portugal (35,000 MT), Italy (30,100 MT), Mexico (11,200 MT), and China (9,600 MT) were partially offset by reductions in sales to unknown destinations (169,000 MT), Pakistan (62,500 MT) and Japan (27,300 MT). Sales for shipment in MY 2019/20, which begins on 1 September, totaled 792,600 MT. The top sales were to unknown destinations (421,000 MT), Mexico (111,500 MT), China (66,000 MT), Egypt (55,000 MT), and Japan (5,200 MT). The combined sales of 75,600 MT to China w...
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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