Futures activity

  • Nearing expiration, the Mar-22 soybean futures contract closed last week slightly higher than it began, at $16.9075 per bushel. Futures did manage to close at a record $17 per bushel on Thursday before correctly slightly on Friday.

S&D and fundamental factors

  • USDA’s March WASDE report lowered domestic soybean ending stocks by 40 million bushels to 285 million based on higher anticipated exports. Stocks-to-use now stands at 6.4 percent for 2021/22, compared to 5.7 percent in 2020/21. Global soybean ending stocks were lowered by almost 3.0 MMT to 90 MMT.
  • USDA’s numbers don’t seem to be keeping up with CONAB’s regarding the Brazilian soybean crop. CONAB lowered its 2021/22 production estimate 122.7 MMT compared to USDA’s new estimate of 127 MMT, leaving room for additional downward revisions to ending stocks.

Weather, macro indicators, and news

  • The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to stoke market uncertainty, including about when/whether the corn and sunflower crops will be sown later this spring. However, word is Ukraine is exempting farmworkers from military service to at least attempt production this year.

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Source: 123rf.com
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