The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) US January soybean crush was the largest January crush on record and the second largest monthly crush total of all-time. The crush consumed 184.654 million bushels of soybeans, outpacing the previous January record of 176.94 bushels set last year. The monthly crush was 0.82 percent above the December crush and 4.4 percent over the January 2020 crush. Analyst had been expecting the crush to be about one percent lower at 183.1 million bushels.
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Cumulative bushels crushed by NOPA members during the 2020/21 season are 734.08 million…
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