# Oilseeds: heavy losses for soybeans and worries about

> Soybean futures fell sharply, with August closing down 14 cents at 967.75 cents per bushel. Soybean meal dropped $1.60 to $264.80 per short ton, while Winnipeg canola fell and Euronext rapeseed lost €3.25. Traders were unsettled by US-China trade talks and expectations of a larger Brazilian crop.

- Date: 2025-07-31 · published 2025-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23826-oilseeds-heavy-losses-for-soybeans-and-worries-about
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of a bigger Brazilian soybean harvest and weak China export demand pressure soybean meal and oilseed prices lower for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-01-30 | [Supply and demand outlook for U.S. soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32156-supply-and-demand-outlook-for-u-s-soybeans.md) | +0.2% | -5.3% |
| SOY | 2018-03-01 | [Farmers Worry About Trade Retaliation in Soybeans, RFS Tradeoffs for Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66034-farmers-worry-about-trade-retaliation-in-soybeans-rfs-tradeoffs-for-corn.md) | +1.0% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2018-09-19 | [Soybean Farmers Worry About Tariffs' Impact : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63064-soybean-farmers-worry-about-tariffs-impact-npr.md) | +3.9% | +8.7% |
| SOY | 2025-11-07 | [Oilseeds: Soybeans under massive selling pressure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12247-oilseeds-soybeans-under-massive-selling-pressure.md) | +3.7% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2018-06-13 | [U.S. grains: CBOT wheat, soybeans post sharp losses - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8249-u-s-grains-cbot-wheat-soybeans-post-sharp-losses-agcanada.md) | -6.8% | -13.0% |
| SBM | 2024-01-30 | [Supply and demand outlook for U.S. soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32156-supply-and-demand-outlook-for-u-s-soybeans.md) | +1.4% | -6.2% |
| SBM | 2024-07-11 | [Soybeans close Wednesday session with losses - first](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5656-soybeans-close-wednesday-session-with-losses-first.md) | -8.6% | -8.0% |
| SBM | 2025-11-07 | [Oilseeds: Soybeans under massive selling pressure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12247-oilseeds-soybeans-under-massive-selling-pressure.md) | +3.7% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/oilseeds/news/newsticker-oilseeds-heavy-losses-soybeans-and-worries-about-further-trade

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