HomeGrains

Grains

Soybean harvest
Grains Mar, 27, 2019 0

Argentine soybean farmers hold off deals waiting for trade war’s end

Soybean farmers from Argentina are delaying futures contracts this season as they wait for more certainty regarding prices. By early March, the country had only sold 16.2% of this season’s…
Grains Mar, 21, 2019 0

Bolsonaro grants 750,000 ton wheat quota to the US

Brazil decided to follow through on a 24-year-old promise as Bolsonaro offered a 750,000 ton tariff-free wheat quota to the US this week. In 1994 Brazil agreed to set up…
Grains Mar, 20, 2019 0

Brazil’s soybean exports forecast to fall 17% in 2019

In spite of a strong start to the year, agriculture consultancy firm, Safras & Mercado, announced an estimated 17% drop in Brazil’s soybean exports this year, compared to 2018. The…
soybean exports Argentina Brazil
Grains Mar, 18, 2019 0

56 vessels carrying soy beans left Brazil in the first 10 days of March, with 33 destined for China, according to Datamar’s new DataLiner for Bulk Cargoes dashboard-based product

Datamar’s new dashboard product shows that over 3m tons of soy were exported from Brazilian ports from 1st to 10th of March this year. That cargo is still on the…
Bolsonaro and Trump to discuss wheat quota
Economy Mar, 18, 2019 0

Brazil plans to offer tariff-free wheat quota to the US

Brazil is considering offering a 750,000 ton per annum tariff free wheat quota to the United States in exchange for other trade concessions from the North American country, according to…
Grains Mar, 13, 2019 0

Conab forecasts record corn exports this year

Brazil’s National Agricultural Supply Company, Conab, has increased Brazil’s corn production forecast to 92.8m tons in the 2018/19 crop year up from 91.65m tons estimated in February. The forecast for…
BR-163 Highway Concession
Other Logistics Mar, 13, 2019 0

Top grain traders consider BR-163 highway venture

According to logistics and infrastructure development firm EDLP, the world’s top four agriculture traders and Brazilian rival Amaggi are mulling over a joint bid to operate the BR-163 Highway and…
Grains Mar, 11, 2019 0

Argentine soymeal factories take the brunt of trade war and taxes

Many Argentine soy crushing plants in Rosario have been shut down or downsized due to the Washington-Beijing trade spat. Argentina, once the world’s largest exporter of soyoil and soymeal, is…
Miritituba Transshipment Station (ETC)
Grains Mar, 08, 2019 0

Miritituba and Barcarena await soy supply

Last night, Brazil’s National Transport Infrastructure Department (DNIT), announced that the BR-163 is now operating normally, releasing a queue of around 8,000 trucks. The road closure, caused by heavy rain,…
Grains Mar, 06, 2019 0

BR-163 remains closed affecting 210,000 tons of soy exports

The Brazilian Vegetable Oil Industry Association (Abiove) estimates that the Port of Barcarena has missed out on shipping a total of R$242m worth of soybeans and corn over the last…