Supply

Exports

2018/19 U.S. Soybean Export Program Entering its Final Stage

Rob Hatchett|Aug 6, 2019

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

Rob Hatchett|Jul 19, 2019

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

Rob Hatchett|Jul 17, 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

Rob Hatchett|Jul 12, 2019

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

Alan Barrett|Jun 29, 2019

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

Alan Barrett|Jun 25, 2019

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…

Food & Lifestyle

Indian Tofu Manufacturers Find Quality in U.S. Soy

USSEC Staff Writer|Jun 23, 2019

Varinder Singh Bhatti manufacturers tofu in India, where very few soybeans are grown. He says his customers look for very specific qualities, and find them…

Infrastructure

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Virginia Port Authority Deepening Waterways

Alan Barrett|Jun 22, 2019

In an ongoing effort to continually improve the U.S. transportation system, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Virginia Port Authority are proceeding with design…

Around the World

USDA Reflects Comfortable Global Soybean Outlook in June WASDE

Rob Hatchett|Jun 18, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report on Tuesday, June 11. In its global production…

Sustainability

U.S. Soybeans: Late Planting versus Prevented Planting

Alan Barrett|Jun 14, 2019

Will the U.S. farmer have time to switch corn acres to soybean acres? While the soybean planting season is off to an extremely slow, Doane…