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June 5th, 2012
Soybean futures’ price decline last month offers a buying opportunity for consumers because demand for U.S. beans is expected to be “strong” in the September-to- February period, Oil World said.
U.S. soybean exports in the first half of the 2012-13 crop year are forecast to jump to 33.5 million metric tons from 24.2 million tons in the year-earlier period, the Hamburg-based oilseed researcher wrote in an e-mailed report.
Demand for U.S. beans is forecast to climb after drought cut the harvest in Brazil and Argentina, the biggest shippers after the U.S. in 2011-12, according to Oil World. Soybean futures fell 11 percent in Chicago in May, the biggest monthly drop since September amid expectations for a bigger U.S. crop.
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Grain futures fall
March 9th, 2012
Grain Futures – Global inventories of wheat and soybeans are falling more than forecast, while U.S. corn reserves head to a 16-year low, as farmers fail to keep pace with rising demand for food, livestock feed and biofuel.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today cut its forecast of world wheat stockpiles on May 31 by 1.7 percent to 209.6 million metric tons, less than all 21 estimates collected in a Bloomberg survey. Soybean reserves on Aug. 31 will drop to a three-year low of 57.3 million tons, while the amount of corn held in the U.S., the world’s top grower and exporter, will slip to the lowest since at least since 1996, the agency said.
U.S. farm exports rose to a record $136.3 billion in 2011 on surging demand for grain and meat in Asia. The government today boosted its forecast of U.S. wheat exports by 2.6 percent from February, which will send domestic stockpiles to a three- year low. Global food prices tracked by the United Nations rose for a second consecutive month in February on higher costs for cereals, cooking oils and sugar.
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