# Catalyst needed for summer soy rally - Pro Farmer

> Soybean futures closed below $10.00 for the first time since April as sustained selling persisted through summer. China has not yet initiated purchases for 2025-26 US soybeans, and has begun buying Argentine soymeal instead.

- Date: 2025-07-30 · published 2025-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23783-catalyst-needed-for-summer-soy-rally-pro-farmer
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Absent Chinese buying and with crushers shifting toward soyoil for biofuels, meal supplies grow and soymeal prices stay weak, favoring feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-03-16 | [Soybeans limit down after Trump threatens to delay China summit - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4716-soybeans-limit-down-after-trump-threatens-to-delay-china-summit-pro-farmer.md) | -4.1% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2025-03-19 | [The future of federal support for farmers : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25561-the-future-of-federal-support-for-farmers-npr.md) | -1.1% | +2.3% |
| SOY | 2026-04-20 | [Evening Report \| China pencils in soybean-import slash - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14587-evening-report-china-pencils-in-soybean-import-slash-pro-farmer.md) | -0.3% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2018-10-01 | [Farmers Rely on Corn for Cash Flow as Soybeans Stuff Storage Space](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62576-farmers-rely-on-corn-for-cash-flow-as-soybeans-stuff-storage-space.md) | +2.8% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2018-07-12 | [COFCO: China Will Look to the World for Other Protein Souces \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64150-cofco-china-will-look-to-the-world-for-other-protein-souces-red-river-farm.md) | +1.5% | +7.7% |
| SBM | 2026-03-16 | [Soybeans limit down after Trump threatens to delay China summit - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4716-soybeans-limit-down-after-trump-threatens-to-delay-china-summit-pro-farmer.md) | +1.2% | +2.7% |
| SBM | 2025-03-19 | [The future of federal support for farmers : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25561-the-future-of-federal-support-for-farmers-npr.md) | -1.2% | -0.6% |
| SBM | 2019-02-08 | [Soybean Processing Capacity in Expansion Phase \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60664-soybean-processing-capacity-in-expansion-phase-red-river-farm-network.md) | 0.0% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/agriculture-news/catalyst-needed-summer-soy-rally

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