According to China Customs data, 181,900 MT of pork were imported in February, an increase of 153.8 percent compared with the same month a year ago. The ongoing success of shipments from Canada, the EU and the U.S. during the first quarter of 2017 can be attributed to one particular factor.
Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Reverse Course, Up Significantly China’s estimated soymeal inventory had climbed to 719,200 MT as of 21 April, surging 92,700 MT (+14.8 percent) over the previous week. However, it was lower than the estimated 804,200 MT one month ago and 60,700 MT less (-7.78 percent) than the same week in 2016. Among the regions, only the Northeast experienced a decrease as its soymeal inventories fell 1,000 MT (-7.35 per...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
