There was an FOB cargo of soybeans traded in Santos this week at +55 or 56 SK for April, while paper was bid at +50 SK. This seems to indicate port premiums are around 5 cents or less for Santos, which is incredibly low for that port. Soybeans Brazil’s soybean market is moving in a very particular direction. While paper Paranagua is becoming increasingly stronger, the FOB and CNF markets are not. The spread or difference between the paper Paranagua levels and the FOB levels for cargoes in Brazil formulate the port premiums. Paper Paranagua trades are always executed as a parcel in Paranagua without any load rate (just CQD). The port premiums reflect the difference between CQD and a cargo with 8.000 satafshex load rate plus the difference...
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...
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