The soybean analysis of last Friday (see Ag Perspectives, 2 December) discussed the role of emotion as a driver of the soy complex, but another factor is really the key component.The soybean analysis of last Friday (see Ag Perspectives, 2 December) discussed how emotion has been a driving factor of the soy complex as funds have been doing victory laps while fundamental traders have been getting beaten up rather badly, but demand is really the key component. This is especially true of export demand, which doesn’t appear to be abating. This morning USDA announced the sale of another 426,000 MT of soybeans to China, bringing the current total to 25.7 MMT compared with 18.9 MMT a year ago at the same time. It also brings this year’s sales and s...
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