Ukraine finishes wheat harvest with a record yield of 68.7 BU/AC (4.62 MT/HA)

Summary:  With 98% of the wheat area harvested, Ukraine’s cumulative average wheat yield is a record.  Consequently, Ukraine is projected to have a record crop of 33 MMT (vs last year’s 25.4 MMT).  This will partially offset the lower-than-expected Russian and Kazakh crops.. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On Aug 20, Ukraine’s cumulative average wheat yields (bunker weight) was…

“We’re off to the races”! Soybean export sales exceed all expectations.

Summary: Today, 2.142 MMT of soybeans was added to US new-crop export sales.  That’s well-above the high end of the range of industry expectations.  1 MMT was sold to China with another 0.841 MMT sold to “unknown” destinations.  Pace analysis shows that export sales are sufficient to meet the USDA’s projection. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The chart below…

USDA projects old-crop global soybean exports down BUT cumulative exporters to date up 5.8%? Weekly corn and wheat exports were higher.

Click here to view the data Attached is a table that provides estimates of the latest weekly shipments of wheat, corn and soybeans from principal exporters.   Soybean exports were down 550,000 MT from the previous week                               and         cumulative exports are up  5.8% from a year ago. USDA projects total global soybean exports…