Reading Time: 2 minutes Prior to the January supply and demand report being released by the United States Department of Agriculture, its attachés in Argentina and Brazil issued their respective reports on oilseed production for 2025/26.
USDA, attachés differ on South American soybeans
Brazil surpassing U.S. as top beef producer, easing global supply squeeze
Reading Time: 4 minutes Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top beef producer last year, according to market estimates, after the South American country beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons, easing a global supply squeeze and helping limit a surge in meat prices.
Brazil’s soy exports hit record in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave shows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean shipments from Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of the oilseed, hit a record of 108.68 million metric tons in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave published on Monday showed.
Major Brazilian grain traders quit Amazon conservation pact
Reading Time: 2 minutes A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its members are quitting a nearly 20-year-old pact protecting the Amazon basin from deforestation driven by soy farming.
Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil
Reading Time: 4 minutes Some of the world’s largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to preserve tax benefits in Brazil’s top farm state, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
China imports no US soybeans for third month; Argentine arrivals up 634 per cent
Reading Time: < 1 minute China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on.
Huge crops in South America says analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Although there’s a debate over the size of the South American soybean crop, there’s little doubt that it will be an enormous one, said consultant Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor in Hinsdale, Ill.
Brazil to reap record soy crop in 2025/2026, increase exports
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazil’s Conab said the country will reap a record soybean crop of 177.6 million tons in the 2025/2026 harvest year, according to data released on Thursday.
China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu
Reading Time: < 1 minute China lifted a ban linked to Brazil’s avian influenza outbreak, the country’s General Administration of Customs said in a notice released on Friday.
China holds off on soybean purchases due to high Brazil premiums, traders say
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has yet to secure much of its soybean supply for December and January as high premiums for Brazilian cargoes discourage buyers.
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