This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in oilseeds.
Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FAS’s worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments....
Post maintains its 2020/21 forecast for soybean planted area expansion at 38.5 million hectares (ha) and soybean production at 131.5 million metric tons (MMT).
Providently timed rains have allowed emergence amid generally positive early oilseed crop conditions, but the absence of significant soil profile moisture in much of the country means that...
FAS provides summaries of the latest USDA quarterly forecasts for U.S. trade in agricultural products and a link to the joint FAS/ERS publication Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.
On November 2, 2020, Argentina authorized a payment scheme to compensate small and midsize farmers for a portion of their export taxes paid on soybeans.
On November 18, the Brazilian National Energy Policy Council published a resolution to allow for the use of imported materials – either raw soybeans or soybean oil - in the production of biodiesel.
Brazil's Agriculture Ministry (MAPA) issued a normative instruction meant to facilitate imports of genetically modified (GMO) corn and soybeans from the United States.
On November 2, 2020, Argentina authorized a payment scheme to compensate small and midsize farmers for a portion of their export taxes paid on soybeans.
On October 16, Brazil announced that it would suspend the import tariffs on corn, soybeans, soy meal, and soy oil from countries outside the Mercosur trade bloc.
The 2019 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world and the United States’ primary trading partners.
Post forecasts above-trend expansion for the 2020/21 season, with planted area at 38.5 million hectares (ha) and production at 130 million metric tons (MMT).
Oilseed production is expected to have a mixed outlook in 2020. Soybean production is forecast basically unchanged at 250,000 metric tons (MT), as the cancellation of federal commercialization...
Post projects a decline of 500,000 hectares in soybean planted area and production of 51 million tons for marketing year 2020/2021 on higher export taxes for soybeans and products.
Post projects 2020/2021 Uruguayan soybean planted acres at 920,000 hectares, a decrease of 80,000 HA or 8% from 2019/2020 with total production of 2.35 million tons.
Paraguay 2020/2021 soybean production is forecast at 10.25 million tons with expected normal yields and a slight expansion in first crop soybeans and rebounded acreage for second crop soybeans.
China continues to allow imports of Canadian canola seed though China recently reduced the acceptable dockage limits on imported canola and did not reinstate the licenses of Canada’s two largest...
Brazil is a leading oilseed producer in the world, and is projected to retain its position this season and next, despite the global economic turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic.
