Futures activity Mar-23 futures settle at $6.6625 ahead of the holiday weekend. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, the contract settled above the 20-day moving average for the first time since early November and managed to hold on to higher values during quiet trade yesterday and [...]
The 2022/23 U.S. soybean oil export season has seen its slowest start to a marketing year since FAS began reporting weekly progress in 1990. Outstanding sales were a mere 27,900 MT (61.5 million pounds) as of Oct. 20, while cumulative shipments totaled 3,989 MT [...]
Futures activity The meal piece of the soy complex showed the greatest strength last week, with Jul-22 meal futures closing the week up $23 per short ton at $438.10. Conversely, soybean oil futures came under pressure, with the Jul-22 contract closing at $0.7379 per [...]
Yerba mate is native to parts of South America and has been historically linked to the Indigenous people of that continent. Often referred to as an herb “from the gods,” it was associated with warrior and nomadic lifestyles due to acting as a natural [...]
In November 2021, the U.S. levied varying levels of anti-dumping duties on our top honey origins, effectively choking trade from Vietnam, Argentina, India, and Brazil. Imports of raw honey in November totaled 8,933 metric tons and fell to 6,271 MT in December, compared to [...]
Futures activity Mar-22 corn futures ended last week up 3 percent at $6.06 per bushel, maintaining the recent trend above $6 per bushel. Prices have been on a nearly steady incline since bottoming out in early September. S&D and fundamental factors WASDE is this [...]
While most folks enjoyed the holidays, the grain markets, specifically corn and soybeans, experienced a notable late-year rally. Corn futures rose back above $6 per bushel and soybeans back above $13.50 per bushel. Most of the rally has been driven by a South American [...]
As summer progresses in South America, hot and dry conditions in southern Brazil and in Argentina are challenging for corn and soybean crops, and significant moisture relief is not expected beyond early January. In the week ending Dec. 23, Argentina saw mostly dry conditions, [...]
