U.S. Soy Export Sales Highlights Last week was another good one for exporters of U.S. soybeans and soybean products. If the pace of sales and exports continue it could be a record export year for the U.S. soybean sector. Net export sales of soybeans in the week ending 29 October totaled 1,530,500 MT. That did not include the 137,500 MT of soybeans sold to China in the previous week that was reported late. The top sales last week were for China (810,700 MT), Egypt (283,800 MT), Mexico (92,700 MT), the Netherlands (85,800 MT), Canada (71,400 MT), Italy (30,000 MT), and Brazil (30,000 MT). Soybean exports last week totaled 2,528,200 MT. The top destinations were China (1,938,700 MT), Bangladesh (106,000 MT), Mexico (87,200 MT), the Netherlan...
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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