Soybeans Brazil The weather-driven rally in CBOT soybeans has left Brazilian basis steadily weaker. It dropped 10 cents/bushels last week, especially for nearby positions, on slight Chinese demand. Despite the CBOT’s rally, Dalian soymeal and soyoil futures are steady/lower, reducing crush margins in China. Stocks at Chinese ports are high as demand has been lower than expected, and that has pushed basis down for cash soymeal and soyoil in China. The lack of buying interest has also pressured Brazilian basis. Farmers were selling moderate volumes of soybeans last week (approximately 400,000 MT/day), giving an effective long position to the trading houses that have not been able to sell those stocks to China yet. Overall, the market...
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