A summary of the bullish and bearish supply, demand and policy machinations affecting the global oilseeds sector. Supply Bullish Argentina: Soybean planted area was at 44.3 percent last week, slightly behind a year ago and there are now worries about dryness. Meanwhile, crush plant workers are threatening a strike. Brazil: Soybean planting is just about complete, and dryness persists in southern Brazil, particularly Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. China: CASDE reduced expected domestic soybean production in 2021/22 by 2.2 MMT to a total of 16.40 MMT, a 16 percent decline from a year earlier. Russia: The sunoil export duty was raised $4.10/MT to a total of $280.80/MT. U.S.: Soybean crush was at 5.36 MMT in October, 20 perc...
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