# Argentina: Oilseeds and Products Update | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> The USDA FAS Buenos Aires office kept its 2025/26 Argentine soybean production forecast at 48 MMT on 16.5 million hectares planted, after February rain stabilized crops following January dryness. It put soybean crush at 43 MMT and raised 2025/26 sunflowerseed production to 5.8 MMT, with record sunflower exports projected.

- Date: 2026-02-01 · published 2026-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13806-argentina-oilseeds-and-products-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A steady soybean crop with strong crush keeps meal and oil supply firm, which limits downside in soymeal prices. Higher sunflower output adds some competing meal supply.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-01-09 | [FAS - Foreign Agricultural Service (via Public) / Argentina: Oilseeds and Products Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13813-fas-foreign-agricultural-service-via-public-argentina-oilseeds-and-products.md) | +0.6% | +6.5% |
| SOY | 2023-03-27 | [Canada: Oilseeds and Products Annual \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36823-canada-oilseeds-and-products-annual-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2024-10-25 | [Export Sales to China and Mexico \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14712-export-sales-to-china-and-mexico-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | -1.4% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2016-12-21 | [India Agricultural Trade: Expanding Export Opportunities Amid Persistent Limitations \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73432-india-agricultural-trade-expanding-export-opportunities-amid-persistent.md) | +0.1% | +6.2% |
| SOY | 2026-03-20 | [USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14595-usda-attaches-forecast-some-changes-in-china-s-oilseeds-cereals-the-western.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| SBM | 2019-10-10 | [AgroPages-Bad to worse: USDA projects lower Argentina’s soybean exports due to a weak Chinese demand-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56412-agropages-bad-to-worse-usda-projects-lower-argentina-s-soybean-exports-due-to-a.md) | -0.2% | -2.1% |
| SBM | 2022-11-18 | [Commission publishes latest forecasts on EU feed protein production and trade  - Agriculture and rural development](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39002-commission-publishes-latest-forecasts-on-eu-feed-protein-production-and-trade.md) | -0.3% | +12.3% |
| SBM | 2024-02-12 | [USDA experts adjusted forecasts for global vegetable oils and meal production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31794-usda-experts-adjusted-forecasts-for-global-vegetable-oils-and-meal-production.md) | -0.4% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/gain/2026/02/argentina-oilseeds-and-products-update

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