“The US is likely to permanently lose soybean export market share in China the longer US-China trade talks drag on, a top executive at the US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) industry group said on Friday.”
– Reuters, May 17, 2019
“The USDA forecast new-crop soybean ending stocks at 970 million bu, which would represent a 25-million bu reduction from the revised 2018-19 ending stocks estimate of 995 million.”
– Syngenta website article, May 10, 2019
“Up to 200 million pigs could be culled or die from being infected as African swine fever spreads through China, Rabobank said, by far the highest such forecast yet and underscoring the gravity of the epidemic in the world’s top pork producer.”
– Reuters, Apr. 12, 2019
“Canadian crop and livestock producers are facing ‘exceptional uncertainty’ amid trade issues, geopolitical tensions and African Swine Fever, according to a new report from Guelph, ON-based Agri-Food Economic Systems.”
– Syngenta website story, March 25, 2019.
“World consumption of soybeans is expected to show only a below-average growth of 7 million tonnes in 2018/19 compared with an average annual increase of 16.4 million tonnes in the most recent five years.”
– Oil World, Nov. 19, 2018.