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WASDE Supply and Demand Update: July 2020

Mac Marshall

Mac Marshall

United Soybean Board and U.S. Soybean Export Council

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Conclusions Following USDA’s Quarterly Stocks

Rob Hatchett|Feb 4, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its quarterly Grain Stocks report in mid-January. The much-anticipated report is one of four regular updates provided throughout…

Exports

Ocean Freight Rates at Nine Month Low

Alan Barrett|Jan 28, 2020

Due to Asia’s extremely long distance from the U.S., ocean freight rates play a major role in the price a farmer ultimately receives. Over the…

Exports

Growing the World’s Appetite for Soy, One Conversation at a Time

USB Staff Writer|Jan 24, 2020

Even in today’s fast-paced digital world, there is often no faster path to understanding than face-to-face collaboration. The International Animal Nutrition Working Group charts this…

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Vietnam: Fast Growing Soy Market

Illinois Soybean Association|Jan 4, 2020

A rapidly expanding middle class and open market policies has made Vietnam one of the fastest growing soybean markets during the past decade. With a…

Marketplace

Nigeria: Commercial Soy Market in the Making

Illinois Soybean Association|Dec 9, 2019

Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has a growing market for soybeans. With the population expected to increase by more than 62 percent by…

Exports

Egyptian Official Calls for Doubling Domestic Soybean Plantings

Rob Hatchett|Nov 27, 2019

News services reported that Alaa Khalil, the head of the Egyptian Agricultural Ministry’s Field Crops Research Institute, aims to more than quadruple the area of…

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African Swine Fever’s Long-Term Impact

Alan Barrett|Nov 26, 2019

Doane Advisory Services’ recently updated International Report, which includes ten-year forecasts for soybeans, coarse grains, corn, wheat, cotton, and rice for 17 countries or major…

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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…

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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

U.S. Soybean Crushings Surge to Record Levels in October

Rob Hatchett|Nov 20, 2019

The National Oilseed Processor Association (NOPA) issued October soybean crush and stocks data on Friday, November 15. According to the data, NOPA member soybean processing…