USDA reported that in January, 1.15 billion pounds of soybean oil were removed from stocks for use in edible applications. This volume was up 3 percent from December and up 5 percent from January 2020 as demand for soybean oil has proven notably resilient [...]
Last week was interesting for the soy complex as prices rallied before correcting a bit on Friday. A bullish WASDE report sent soy complex futures to new highs with the Mar-21 contract surpassing $14 per bushel for the first time since 2014. Likewise, soybean [...]
In the January WASDE, USDA dropped its total 2020/21 U.S. corn supply estimate by 400 million bushels, with new crop production now estimated at 14.182 billion bushels, down 325 million bushels from the December estimate. USDA’s cuts to domestic use and exports in 2020/21 [...]
Friday’s WASDE report showed that USDA is expecting higher soybean ending stocks for this season, although it isn’t sure yet which use category will be the source. Crush for 2019/20 was raised 15 million bushels from the June estimate, to 2.155 billion bushels, while [...]
In the July WASDE, U.S. corn feed demand and ethanol demand in 2019/20 were lowered by 100 million bushels and 50 million bushels, respectively. Lower demand in 2019/20 lifted ending stocks to nearly 2.25 billion bushels, up 145 million bushels from the June estimate. [...]
The June WASDE features few major changes to the overall corn outlook. Ethanol demand in 2019/20 was reduced by 50 million bushels to 4.900 billion bushels. This was partially offset by 2019/20 production falling by 46 million bushels, mainly due to unrecovered corn in [...]
In the April WASDE, USDA increased Mexico’s sugar production by 35,000 metric tons, to 5.235 MMT, and increased U.S. imports from Mexico by 34,000 short tons raw value, to 1.199 million STRV. USDA’s current estimate is realistic if Mexico’s sugarcane harvest stops in late May, [...]
The January WASDE report was slightly surprising in terms of corn with many expecting more bullish numbers. Instead, USDA raised 2019/20 corn yield to 168.0 bushels per acre (bpa), up 1 bpa from the December estimate. The industry was expecting yield to be 2 [...]
