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Wheat futures headed for their biggest weekly loss in a month on prospects for record global stockpiles, though prices held just above $5 a bushel on Friday with some areas still dry and on demand from importers. The July rice contract rose for a ninth day on tightness in U.S. old crop supplies. Soybeans advanced …
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* China will implement phase 1 trade deal with U.S. – COFCO exec * China needs to use huge soybean stocks from May-Sept -COFCO exec * Bad soybean crush margins to remain – COFCO exec * China’s soybean imports in 2019/20 seen at 87.50 mln T -exec * U.S. imports to be 13.70 mln T …
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Wheat futures in Chicago tumbled for a fifth day in the longest losing streak since January, dropping below $5 a bushel to the lowest in two months, on prospects for ample global supplies. Soybeans retreated for a third day, while corn eased as tensions between the U.S. and China over the coronavirus pandemic rekindled concerns …
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2020/21 OUTLOOK SOYBEANS Global soybean production in 2020/21 is forecast to surge to 362.8 million tons, up 8 percent from the 2019/20 estimate and 2.5 million tons above the 2018/19 record. Two factors are driving this increase: a rebound in plantings and yield in the United States and record area forecast in Brazil. Combined, Brazil …
Wheat futures in Chicago were on track for the lowest close in almost two months after the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted record global supplies, topping analyst expectations. Corn fell and soybeans were flat. Wheat prices dropped for a fourth day, the worst losing streak since the middle of April, as the agency said world …
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China boosted its estimate for soybean imports for the current marketing year to 91m tons, citing better crushing profits and the implementation of the phase-1 trade deal with the U.S., according to China Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (CASDE). * That’s 3.32m tons higher than last month’s projection SOYBEANS * China’s 2020-21 soybean imports are …
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Aussie Pressured by Fed’s Push Back and China Beef Ban The Australian dollar briefly rose above its 100-day moving average again this week in what appears to be a false break after Federal Reserve officials pushed back on the notion of negative U.S. rates. The currency had been stuck below the rolling gauge since January …
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China imports more energy products, soybeans in January-April China, the world’s leading energy and food importer, bought more crude oil, natural gas and soybeans in the first fou r months of the year, customs data showed. The country imported some 170 million tonnes of crude oil in the period, up 1.7 percen t year on …
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