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Funds Adding to Net-Long Position in Soybean Oil Market

Rob Hatchett|Nov 22, 2019

According to the latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Disaggregated Commitments of Traders report, the managed money group has been building on their sizeable net-long…

Infrastructure

Canadian National Railway on Strike

Alan Barrett|Nov 22, 2019

Canada relies on its two main railways to move products from the Prairies to British Columbia.  The Canadian National Railway (CN) Western Canadian Grain Report…

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Long-Term World Soybean Outlook

Alan Barrett|Nov 21, 2019

Doane’s economists recently updated the International Agriculture Outlook report, which includes ten-year forecasts of harvested area, yield, production, utilization, per capita consumption and net trade…

Infrastructure

IMO 2020 Regulation Could Increase Diesel Cost

Alan Barrett|Nov 18, 2019

For agriculture, fuel cost is extremely important because it factors into the farming operation’s profit as a direct cost, derived cost, and transportation cost. The…

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U.S. Soy Works with Global Partners to Access Innovations and Markets

USB Staff Writer|Nov 17, 2019

U.S. Soybean Farmers Address Common Challenges by Joining Global Oilseed Producers Farmers face pressures to reduce input costs, fight herbicide and fungicide resistance, and continuously…

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FAS Post Sees Steady Soybean Imports Despite Rising Chinese Hog Margins

Rob Hatchett|Nov 9, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Post in Beijing issued its latest Oilseeds and Products Update in late October. In the…

Infrastructure

Brazil Southern Ports Improving to Meet Northern Arc Challenge

Alan Barrett|Nov 3, 2019

The northern arc of ports is allowing Brazil to increase its grain export capacity without the traditional long delays in getting the grain to the…

Events

Buffers, U.S.A. Finds Value in U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 8, 2019

Buffers, U.S.A. is a company that provides solutions to eliminate moisture and condensation during the shipping and receiving process. Jeanine Luthra says that through attending…

Sustainability

Brazilian Farmers Weigh Trade, Weather Ahead of Planting Season

Rob Hatchett|Oct 4, 2019

As the U.S. market focuses on the weather as soybeans move into the final development stages of growth, Brazilian farmers are eyeing key factors that…

Sustainability

Argentine Farmers Mull Politics, Weather Ahead of Planting Season

Rob Hatchett|Oct 1, 2019

While early soybean plantings have already begun in Brazil, farmers in Argentina face a later start as it is further from the equator and thus…