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For 2022/23, Post forecasts soybean planted area at 42.5 million hectares (ha), and production at 144 million metric tons (MMT), based on a yield of 3.39 mt per ha. The estimate was raised, as Brazil has managed to secure sufficient fertilizer...

Palm oil exports for 2021/22 are revised down to 25.5 million metric tons (MMT) on restrictive export policies and weaker global demand. The soybean subsidy program launched in April 2022 unexpectedly caused several importers to slowdown purchases. Feed mill demand for soybean meal continues to drive imports from South American origins.

Interactive Tableau visualization showing the growth in exports of several key bulk agricultural commodities since 1989.

Weather conditions impacted rapeseed planting in the fall of 2014 leading to poor emergence. Excessive moisture contributed further to plant deterioration.

Province of Ontario on March 23, 2015, opened a public consultation period on a proposed regulatory change aimed at reducing the use of neonicotinoids (NNI) as seed treatments for corn and soybeans...

Due to lower than forecast production in the first 6 months and expectations for a return to slightly above trend yields for the remainder of 2014/15, palm oil output is forecast at 19.5 million tons.

The Philippines is the second largest market for U.S. soybean meal (SBM) and the world’s largest coconut oil (CNO) exporter.

While Japan’s soybean production recovered in MY 2014/15, domestic production accounts for only 25 percent of soybeans consumed for food and a mere 8 percent of total soybean utilization.

SAGARPA announced in the Mexican Federal Register (Diario Oficial) new grain and oilseed supports offered in several Mexican states (listed below) all applicable to the 2014 spring/summer crop cycle.

The first tentative official data on 2014 crop production published in late March showed a higher than previously expected area and production of oilseeds in MY2014/15.

For marketing year (MY) 2015/16, planted area of rapeseed is expected to diminish 2.3 percent in response to declining rapeseed prices as some producers switch to grains.

Assuming normal 2015 southwest monsoon conditions, Indian oilseed production in marketing year (MY) 2015/16 will increase by 12 percent over MY 2014/15 and reach 40.2 million metric tons (MMT).