Soybean and soymeal futures finished the week strong despite last week’s relatively bearish USDA numbers. Ongoing dry weather across much of Argentina and parts of southern Brazil (now starting to extend to the northeast region) has paused or slowed fund selling. Funds were estimated to be short 85,000 contracts of soybeans and long soymeal starting today. (Fresh numbers from the weekly Commitment of Traders report will be available later today.) USDA did reduce its estimate of Argentina’s soybean production from 57 MMT to 56 MMT last week. However, it increased Brazil’s production estimate by 2 MMT to 110 MMT. Argentina will plant a few less acres than expected because of the dry conditions, but the Buenos Aires Exchang...
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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