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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Indian Tofu Manufacturers Find Quality in U.S. Soy
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…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Virginia Port Authority Deepening Waterways
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…
USDA Reflects Comfortable Global Soybean Outlook in June WASDE
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…
U.S. Soybeans: Late Planting versus Prevented Planting
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…