China’s “Spot” Soybean Crush Margins Surge; “Forward” Margins Profitable Too.

Summary: China’s “spot” soybean crushing margin today was 227 Yuan/MT, up from the previous week’s 92.  Last month saw the highest that the spot margin has been since December 2016.  The “forward” margin was  140 Yuan/MT vs last week’s -87.   The forward margin was 196 Yuan above what it was a year ago.  A month ago, the forward margin fell to its lowest in 4 years.    In the…

US Soybean Export Inspections Could Be Nearly 1 MMT Next Week, Up 45% from Prior Week.

Summary:  Next week ’s soybean export inspections are expected to be 925,000 MT (34.0 Mil Bu).   If this is correct, that would be up 45% from the previous week’s 639,000 MT.  This week’s ship lineup is 638,000 MMT.  That is down 27% from last week which was the largest in 10 weeks.  But, this week’s lineup is nearly unchanged from a year ago.  There…