February WASDE’s Corn End Stocks Projection Not Likely to Have Big Impact on Prices.

Summary:  Next Tuesday (Feb 11), the USDA will release its February WASDE.  On average, analysts expect corn ending stocks to be lowered about 36 Mil Bu (2%).  Since the early 2000’s, the major news services have polled analysts regarding their expectations for US ending stocks.  Our history of trade expectations indicates that ananlysts have a tendency…

Surprising Surge in US Ethanol Production But Stocks Fall and Producer Margins Are Back Above Break-Even.

Summary: US ethanol production jumped nearly 5% and surprised many analysts. Despite the increase ethanol production ethanol stocks shrank 3.2%.  Blender demand was estimated to have risen by 1.6%. Also, weekly residual use surged to 89 Mil Gal, 241% of the previous week.  Ethanol producer margins on Feb 05 jumped to 12.37 cents/gln, up from…

Brazil’s Corn Export Lineup Nearly Gone As Country Turns to Imports to Tide Them Over Till The Safrinha crop is Harvested.

Summary:  Last week Brazil exported 168,000 MT of corn.  Ukraine’s exports were 931,000 MT.  The US exported 562,380 MT.   Argentina exported 429,000 MT. As of Jan 31, Brazil’s total corn export “commitments” for the 2019/20 marketing year were 38.49 MMT vs 24.53 MMT last year.  Commitments have accounted for 91.6% of projected total annual exports.  Ship…

China’s Soybean Crush Margins Seemingly Little Affected By Coronavirus. But Soyoil Prices Drop 5%.

Summary: China’s “spot” soybean crushing margin today was 115 Yuan/MT, up 21 Yuan from prior to the National Holiday.  The “forward” margin was 115 Yuan/MT, up 43 Yuan.  The forward margin was 118 Yuan above what it was a year ago.  Domestic soyoil’s price was down 5.0% from two weeks ago.   Soymeal’s price was up…