Soybean Futures $2 Above Model Based On Expected USDA’s Feb WASDE.

Bottom Line:   At yesterday’s close, July soybean futures was nearly $9.50.  A model of soybean futures price, based off the trade’s average expectation for the February WASDE’s stocks/use projection, suggests that futures prices should be $2 lower.  After tomorrow’s reports are fully digested by the market, further changes in prices will probably be triggered by “new information” regarding…

Record Brazil’s New-Crop Soy Export Commitments, Yet USDA Projects Exports to Drop 10% This Year.

Summary:   Brazil shipped 817,000 MT of soybeans last week. That’s up from the previous week’s 616,000 MT and it is above a year ago.  According to SESEX official data, Feb-Jan exports were 84.24 MMT.    In the Dec WASDE, the USDA raised their projection for Brazil’s exports by 3.0 MMT to 80.85 MMT (on a Feb-Jan marketing year).  To…

US Soybean Ship Lineup Surges. Renewed China Buying Expected to Keep the Lineup Elevated in Coming Weeks.

Summary:  Next week ’s soybean export inspections are expected to be 1,035,000 MT (38.0 Mil Bu).   If this is correct, that would be up 11% from the previous week’s.  This week’s ship lineup is 1,863,000 MT.  That is up 75% from last week.  This week’s lineup is 19% smaller than a year ago.  There were 32 vessels to-be-nominated (TBN).  That is down 21 from last week but is the…

Pace of Global Wheat Trade Sufficient to Meet (or Exceed) USDA’s Projection of 178 MMT

Summary:   As of the end of January, various official reports and ship lineups shows that the major wheat exporting countries have shipped 92.4 MMT.  That’s down 2.8 MMT  (2.9%) from last year’s record.  The Big-8 wheat exporters (Arg/Aus/EU/Kzh/Ukr/Rus/Can/US) are projected to capture 89.9% of world exports this year (vs 90.5% last year). Pace analysis indicated…