If there is a surprise in the stocks reported today, it is the extremely tight ending 2013/14 soybean stocks of 92 million bushels, the lowest ending soybean stocks since 1972. Analysts will have to revise their views about the minimum pipeline volume needed to bridge from one crop year to the next.As Mike Krueger noted in yesterday's Ag Perspectives, USDA's quarterly stocks reports for grains and soybeans are often awaited by the trade as well as grain and soy markets with considerable trepidation. The last several years have witnessed relatively tight supply/demand balances for one or more U.S. grain or soybean crops due to heavy demand, weather-related production problems or both. These reports provided a check on the prevailing supply/d...
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