Soybean Meal Falls on Oil Share Spreading by Funds
Most feed and grain contracts were lower on Monday despite relatively bullish export inspection data. Improving South American weather conditions weighed on oilseed and grain contracts, while long oil share spreading by funds drove soybean meal futures sharply lower. Outside of late growing season weather in South America, traders are also looking forward to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Prospective Plantings report, scheduled for release next week.
USDA reported export inspections for the week ending March 18 on Monday. Weekly shipments of corn totaled 1.96 million tonnes, in line with analysts’ expectations ranging from 1.6 to 2.2 million tonnes. The total was down from 2.27 million tonnes last week, which was a marketing-year high, suggesting that the U.S. corn export season peak may have…
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Signs of US economic downturn send ULSD prices to 3-year low
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US fat market slides on pressure from soybean oil, energy complex
Used cooking oil (UCO), distillers’ corn oil (DCO) and yellow grease all traded lower on Friday September 6 due to pressure from the sinking heating oil and soybean oil...
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Sluggish trade volume keeps weekly animal protein prices flat
US animal protein prices were steady on Friday September 6, with market participants indicating light traded volumes for products.
Weekly wrap-up
Prices for US animal proteins were little...