Supply While the global supply of oilseeds and products is tight, it could get tighter or looser. The least likely factor to reduce demand and thus loosen supply constraints is Omicron. While pandemic specialists are still trying to figure out the direction of this version of the bug, markets have become experienced and there wasn’t much impact when COVID first arrived. The reduction in the growth in global soyoil and soymeal demand occurred before COVID hit. The biggest impact from COVID has been where and how food is consumed, not in sudden food rationing.
This week’s NOPA report showed a slightly lower U.S. crush, and a decline in soyoil stocks, the first such drop in five months. Plants decided to clear some invent...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
