Exports
U.S. Soybean Exports Record Large in July
The U.S. Census Bureau published official monthly export data for July 2019 on September 4. The data showed that shipments of U.S. soybeans were record…
Yield
Annual Crop Tour Finds Fewer Soybean Pods, Variable Conditions
Crop scouts from around the world set out on an annual tour the third week of August to gauge the potential of the 2019 U.S.…
Protein
Thai Soy Customers Learn Importance of “Protein Value”
Protein value is a new concept to most of Teerada Korsrilabutr's Thai customers. She crushes soybeans and sells soybean meal and oil, and recently attended…
Yield
Late-August Crop Ratings Show Delayed Soybean Crops
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued its last weekly update of U.S. crop ratings and development for August on…
Infrastructure
Truck Rates Declining in 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Transportation Report indicates trucking cost per ton is down almost 9%, which is a welcome change from the…
Infrastructure
Crop Barge Movements Not Shifting to Rail
Lock and Dam 27 at Granite City, Illinois is below where the Illinois River joins the Mississippi River but above St. Louis, Missouri. In addition…
Infrastructure
Ocean Bulk Fleet Expanding
Second quarter 2019 ocean freight rates for shipping bulk grains were lower than last year, but 4 percent higher than the first quarter. Despite the…
Infrastructure
River Conditions Continue to Challenge U.S. Soy Exports
According to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Center for Environmental Information, the first five months of 2019 saw the most precipitation since…
Transportation
Truck Capacity Availability Improving in 2019
American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates the U.S. has approximately 3.5 million Class 8 trucks dispatched by over 210,000 trucking companies transporting 16.18 billion tons of…
Exports
Soybean Fast Facts from the August WASDE Report
Analyst John Baize breaks down the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report that was released on August 12,…
Exports
2018/19 U.S. Soybean Export Program Entering its Final Stage
As the calendar approaches the final days of July, the U.S. soybean export program is approaching the final month of the 2018/19 marketing year. This…
Yield
July WASDE Provides Minor Adjustments for U.S. Soybean Fundamentals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its monthly supply and demand estimates on Thursday, July 11. In the report, there were a handful of…
Yield
Initial U.S. Soybean Crop Ratings Point to Challenging Yields in 2019
The U.S. soybean crop appears to be off to its worst start of the growing season in 27 years. According to the U.S. Department of…
Marketplace
Poor Start to Monsoon Adds Doubts to Indian Soybean Output
There has been increased focus in mid-June on India, as the annual Southwest Monsoon has been slow to develop in 2019. The monsoon, which brings…
Exports
Upper Mississippi River Open
As bad luck would have it, during the time period when the upper Mississippi River traditionally would open to barge traffic, the river reached flood…
Infrastructure
Panama Canal Authority Lowering Draft to 43 Feet
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that effective May 28, the maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting the canal’s Neopanamax locks will be 43 feet…