China’s Spot Soybean Crush Margins Back Above Breakeven Even As Soyoil Prices Decline Further As Stocks Build.

Summary: China’s “spot” soybean crushing margin today was 27 Yuan/MT, up 16 Yuan from the prior week.  The “forward” margin was 46 yuan/MT, down 25 Yuan.  However, the forward margin was 247 Yuan above what it was a year ago.  Domestic soyoil’s price was down 2.4% from a week ago and down nearly 19% since mid-January.…

Brazil Corn Old-Crop Export Season Almost Over. Very Little in Lineup for New-Crop, But That’s Normal.

Summary:  Last week Brazil exported 68,000 MT corn.  Ukraine’s exports were 895,000 MT.  The US exported 912,922 MT.   Argentina exported 245,000 MT. As of Feb 21, Brazil’s total corn export “commitments” for the 2019/20 marketing year were 38.77 MMT vs 24.57 MMT last year.  Commitments have accounted for 92.3% of projected total annual exports.  Ship lineup…