# Soybean and Sunflower Crush Rise, Stocks Hold Steady - RFD-TV

> USDA's March Oil Crops Outlook kept 2025/26 US soybean ending stocks at 350 million bushels while raising crush by 5 million bushels to a record 2.58 billion bushels. The meal price forecast was raised to $300 per short ton, and soybean oil used for biomass-based diesel was lowered to 14.0 billion pounds.

- Date: 2026-03-24 · published 2026-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20254-soybean-and-sunflower-crush-rise-stocks-hold-steady-rfd-tv
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Record crush and a higher meal price forecast point to firm soybean meal demand, while weaker biofuel use of soybean oil is a bearish factor for oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bearish ▼
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2019-04-23 | [Soybean Crush Holding Steady - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59432-soybean-crush-holding-steady-proag.md) | -1.8% | -1.7% |
| SBM | 2022-06-10 | [USDA Sees Smaller Soybean Stocks for Old and New Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40896-usda-sees-smaller-soybean-stocks-for-old-and-new-crops.md) | +0.3% | +7.6% |
| SBM | 2020-11-10 | [USDA Lowers Corn, Soybean and Wheat Ending Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50091-usda-lowers-corn-soybean-and-wheat-ending-stocks.md) | +1.4% | -0.6% |
| SBM | 2024-11-08 | [USDA Surprisingly Lowers Corn and Soybean Yield and Ending Stocks in WASDE - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13135-usda-surprisingly-lowers-corn-and-soybean-yield-and-ending-stocks-in-wasde-agweb.md) | -3.2% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2026-09-17 | [EU soybean meal deficit may support demand for rapeseed and sunflower meal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17587-eu-soybean-meal-deficit-may-support-demand-for-rapeseed-and-sunflower-meal.md) | +0.9% | +0.5% |
| SBO | 2022-12-14 | [Lower soybean oil demand means higher ending stocks \| 680 KFEQ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38343-lower-soybean-oil-demand-means-higher-ending-stocks-680-kfeq.md) | -0.2% | -3.1% |
| SBO | 2026-10-21 | [Soybean Oil Prices Decline Amid Rising US Production and Crushing Slowdown; Indian Demand Bolsters Sunflower Oil Market \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/504-soybean-oil-prices-decline-amid-rising-us-production-and-crushing-slowdown.md) | +0.5% | — |
| SBO | 2022-01-04 | [Latin America soybean crush set to rise in 2022 despite headwinds 04.01.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14060-latin-america-soybean-crush-set-to-rise-in-2022-despite-headwinds-04-01-2022.md) | +1.4% | +7.1% |

## Sources

- rfdtv.com: https://www.rfdtv.com/soybean-and-sunflower-crush-rise-stocks-hold-steady

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