In Illinois, Reuters reported that U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China comes at a bad time for sorghum growers in the country. The report noted that China accounted for nearly 90% of U.S. sorghum exports last year. Those purchases have largely ground to a halt, due to the tariffs war between the two […]
In Brazil, Noticias Agricolas reported that Brazil’s 2025 soybean crop was estimated at a record 169.6 million tons, but with a slight reduction of 0.8% in the forecast compared to the March figure, according to a monthly update from the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). Production in 2025, with the harvest almost complete, […]
In Brazil, Canal Rural reported that Brazil’s National Supply Company (Conab) stated that the 2024/25 soybean harvest in Brazil reached 88.3% of the cultivated area, an increase of 3 percentage points compared to the previous week. There was an advance of 5.2 percentage points in relation to the same moment of the last harvest, when […]
In Argentina, Bichos de Campo reported that the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange confirmed its projected soybean harvest of 48.6 million tons. This follows the improvement in the second-season soybean crop, following weather events that called into question the crop’s condition in several regions, In the last week, the area of Argentine soybeans still standing in […]
In Missouri, World Grain reported that global grains production in the 2025-26 marketing year is forecast at a record 2.373 billion tons, according to the International Grains Council (IGC). In its April Grain Market Report, the IGC revised its corn output projection to a record 1.274 billion tons, while projections for wheat and rice remained […]
In Argentina, Buenos Aires Times reported that Argentine President Javier Milei encouraged farmers to seize the moment and sell their soybeans now after he eased currency controls, which weakened the peso by about 12% on official markets. In addition to letting the peso float, Milei has also trimmed export tariffs for harvest season only. For […]
In Missouri, World Grain reported that Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest importer and consumer of soybeans, is forecast to import 4.2 million tons of the oilseed in marketing year 2025-26, up 5% from the previous year, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture. […]
In Canada, CBC reported that Manitoba is putting $9.3 million to the development of a $73-million grain tech facility in Winnipeg’s Exchange District with the aim of connecting Canadian cereals producers with new international partners. “This is really about showcasing our ag industry at a time when Canada absolutely needs to diversify our trading partners,” […]
In Brazil, MoneyTimes reported that Brazil ‘s 2024/25 soybean harvest was estimated at a record 167.87 million tons by the National Supply Company (Conab), which reised its projection by around 500,000 tons compared to last month. According to Conab, several states are achieving record productivity of soybean, such as São Paulo, Goiás, Tocantins and Mato […]
Egypt is forecast to import a total of 13 million tons of wheat in marketing year 2025-26, the same as 2024-25, driven by the availability of foreign currency allowing private companies to purchase larger volumes of milling wheat and an increase in wheat flour exports, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) […]
