US Ethanol Stocks Drop For Third Week. Both Producer & Blender Margins Up From a Week Ago.

Summary: US ethanol production was up just over 1% after being up slightly the previous week.  Blender demand was estimated to have risen about half-a-percent.  But, ethanol stocks dropped 2.2%, making this the third week in a row that inventories have shrunk.  Ethanol producers’ margins were around 25 cents/gln, up about 5 cents from a week…

China’s Spot Soybean Crush Margin Up Slightly From Last Week’s Multi-Year Low. April Imports Expected to Rise Sharply.

Summary: China’s “spot” soybean crushing margin today is -267 Yuan/MT, up from last week’s multi-year low.  The “forward” margin is -90 Yuan/MT vs a week ago when it was  -152 Yuan/MT.  However, the forward margin is 74 Yuan below what it was a year ago.  In the Apr WASDE, the USDA left its projection of China’s soybean imports unchanged at 88 MMT.  Last…

USDA Boosts Brazil’s Corn Export Projection 2 MMT; But Exports Lagging Behind Pace Need to Meet That Projection.

Summary:   For the period Apr 06-Apr 12, the ship lineup shows that Brazil exported just 29,000 MT of corn.  That is down 125,000 MT from the previous week but it is 29,000 MT more than what was shipped a year ago.  For comparison, US export inspections last week were 1,182,000 MT.  Argentina’s shipments were 1,170,000…

Brazil’s Soy Export “Commitments” Down 10% From Last Year. However, April’s Exports Could Exceed 10 MMT.

Summary:   Brazil shipped 2.38 MMT of soybeans last week. That’s down from the previous week’s 2.57 MMT and 466,000 MT smaller than a year ago.  In the Apr WASDE, the USDA left their projection for Brazil’s exports unchanged at 69.5 MMT (on a Feb-Jan marketing year) – – down 17.5% YoY).  As of Apr 12, export commitments were…