US Soybean Ship Lineup Well-Above Year Ago. Next Week’s Inspections Expected to be 750,000 MT.

Summary:  Next week ’s soybean export inspections are expected to be 750,000 MT (27.6 Mil Bu).   If this is correct, that would be down 11% from the previous week.  This week’s ship lineup is 1,133,000 MT.  That is up 5% from last week, and it is 73% larger than a year ago.  There were 29 vessels to-be-nominated (TBN).  That is down from last week and less than…

US Ethanol Production Unchanged But Stocks Jump. Producer Margins Set 7-Month High.

Summary: US ethanol production slipped at tad – – -.01%, less than what some analysts had expected.  Blender demand was estimated to have dropped about 1.5%.  Stocks jumped nearly 3%.  Ethanol producers margins were around 42 cents/gln, up sharply from last week and the highest since early August.  Blender margins also rose this past week but…