Brazil’s Official Soybean Cumulative Exports Larger Than Ship Lineups. Therefore, Exports Likely to Meet USDA’s Projection.

Summary:   Brazil shipped 922,000 MT of soybeans last week. That’s down from the previous week’s 1.09 MMT and 6,000 MT smaller than a year ago. In the August WASDE, the USDA left their projection for Brazil’s exports unchanged at 69.0 MMT (on a Feb-Jan marketing year) – – down 18.0% YoY.  As of Aug 30, export commitments…

Offsetting But Modest Changes in Ethanol Production and Stocks. Talk of Possible Measures to Boost Ethanol Use.

Summary: US ethanol production rose a modest 1.5% this week.  But ethanol stocks slipped 1.6%. Blender demand declined slightly despite increase gasoline consumption.  Ethanol producers’ margins on Aug 26 were 17.05 cents/gln, up from the previous week’s 9.39 cents.  Blender margins were 3.22 cents, down from the previous week’s 3.73 cents/gln.  The spread between Brazilian…