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Fastmarkets’ weekly recap of the main movements in global cash markets.
A cold snap is expected to sweep across parts of the US in the week beginning Thursday January 30, putting winter wheat at risk if protective snow cover remains thin.
Argentina’s soybean planting is now complete following a 0.8 percentage point weekly advance in the week to Wednesday January 29, according to the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BAGE)'s weekly crop report update released on Thursday January 30.
Soybean futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday January 30, erasing gains from the previous session, following soymeal futures lower.
Ukrainian weekly exports of sunflower meal and sunflower oil increased in the week to January 29, while exports of soybeans and rapeseed decreased, data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy showed on Thursday January 30.
Net sales of US soybeans in the 2024/25 marketing year fell to 438,000 tonnes during the week ended January 23, down by 71% from 1.49 million tonnes a week earlier and below market estimates, US Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday January 30.
US net soybean meal and cake sales were higher in the week to January 23 and within analysts’ expectations, according to data released by the USDA on Thursday January 30.
Sand has been detected in 51 soymeal truck cargoes during an inspection in the sorting yard of the Port of Paranaguá, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, according to a statement from the state’s port authority Portos do Paraná sent to Fastmarkets on Tuesday January 28.
Soybean futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose on Wednesday January 29 with continued support from higher prices for grains and soymeal.
Brazil's soybean harvest reached 3.2% of the projected area of 47.4 million hectares in the week ended Sunday January 26, while the sowing of the second corn crop, safrinha, continued to advance slowly, national food agency Conab showed in its weekly crop progress report published late on Monday January 27.
Brazilian grain exporters’ association Anec cut its estimate for Brazilian corn, soybean and wheat exports in January but raised its projection for soymeal in its weekly report published on Tuesday January 28.
Sales of soybean old crop rose during the week to January 22, while sales of corn and wheat decreased, according to data released by Argentina’s agriculture secretariat on Tuesday January 28.
Soybean futures rose slightly on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with a bias to the farter end of the curve on Tuesday January 28, partly supported by higher grains and soymeal prices.
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The EU imported 70,469 tonnes of soybeans in the week ended Sunday January 26, pushing the total for the current marketing year to 8.03 million tonnes, up by 13% year on year, based on preliminary data from the European Commission.
The soybean CFR China (Brazil) basis assessment for March shipment was assessed...
Brazilian corn exports came to 2.69 million tonnes in the first four weeks of January 2025, while soybean exports totaled 684,103 tonnes in the same period, weekly customs data showed on Monday January 27.
Soybean futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for the second straight session on Monday January 27, following weakness from lower soy products’ prices, falling crude and improved weather conditions in South America.
Fastmarkets will not publish its assessments of the soybean CFR China (Brazil) and soybean CFR China (US Gulf) premiums and outright prices between January 29 and February 4 because of the Lunar New Year holiday in China.
Export inspections of US soybeans fell by 26% to 729,362 tonnes in the week ended Thursday January 23 from the 979,290 tonnes recorded a week earlier, USDA data showed on Monday January 27.