U.S. Export Sales Recap

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FBN’s Take On What It Means: We encourage all members to participate. This will give FBN key insights ahead of USDA’s report on March 31, which likely will be market moving. In essence, the more participation we have the better our results will be and the better positioned you can be ahead of March 31.

US Export Sales Recap for the Week Ending March 4

• Sales were overall within expectations with no total being a big surprise.
• Old-crop corn sales were around 16 million with new crop sales at 11 million.
• Old-crop corn sales imply a higher export volume than USDA’s current total but we are a bit tight on supplies and have lost our competitive edge.
• Soybean sales were a combined 21 million bushels, with 13 million for old crop and 8 million for new.
• Like corn, the export sales pace to date suggests a larger export total than USDA’s current projection, but also like corn, we have lost our competitive edge and Brazil’s harvest is here.
• Wheat sales were 12 million bushels; USDA’s latest cut to HRW exports for this crop year is not encouraging but white wheat and HRS sales are solid.
• China was in for sorghum, buying a cargo of old crop and new crop.

FBN’s Take On What It Means: Weekly export sales were not a drag to the market but also did not bring forward any surprise demand. China’s buying has slowed, which is not too surprising given the seasonality and our lack of holding the competitive edge for now. But, ASF concerns are becoming more widespread. We continue to struggle on the wheat side given the list of competitors.

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