# Chaos in Argentina: 50% less soybean meal is currently

> Argentine oil mills are processing only about half their normal soybean volume because community blockades and police restrictions are stopping trucks from reaching factories during the COVID-19 lockdown. Buyers are already seeking alternative suppliers, with Brazil seen as a likely beneficiary.

- Date: 2020-03-30 · published 2020-03-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54215-chaos-in-argentina-50-less-soybean-meal-is-currently
- 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

Argentina supplies the largest share of world soybean meal, so a sharp cut in its output tightens global meal supply and lifts prices, while Brazilian exporters gain business.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2024-09-12 | [Brazilian soybean meal widens gap to Argentina \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28390-brazilian-soybean-meal-widens-gap-to-argentina-s-and-p-global.md) | +1.3% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2025-03-13 | [Argentine soybean mill workers strike creating unease in global meal market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13872-argentine-soybean-mill-workers-strike-creating-unease-in-global-meal-market.md) | +1.5% | +1.0% |
| SBM | 2023-03-31 | [Grain inspectors strike likely to impact Argentina's soybean, corn trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13975-grain-inspectors-strike-likely-to-impact-argentina-s-soybean-corn-trade.md) | -0.7% | -3.8% |
| SBM | 2023-04-04 | [Grain inspectors strike likely to impact Argentina’s soybean, corn trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13970-grain-inspectors-strike-likely-to-impact-argentina-s-soybean-corn-trade.md) | -1.4% | -6.7% |
| SBM | 2022-01-11 | [Shallow Parana river pressures Argentinian FOB soybean meal, oil basis levels \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43209-shallow-parana-river-pressures-argentinian-fob-soybean-meal-oil-basis-levels-s.md) | +2.9% | +6.0% |
| SBO | 2023-04-04 | [Grain inspectors strike likely to impact Argentina’s soybean, corn trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13970-grain-inspectors-strike-likely-to-impact-argentina-s-soybean-corn-trade.md) | -4.8% | -9.7% |
| SBO | 2022-01-11 | [Shallow Parana river pressures Argentinian FOB soybean meal, oil basis levels \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43209-shallow-parana-river-pressures-argentinian-fob-soybean-meal-oil-basis-levels-s.md) | -0.7% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2020-12-14 | [Argentina's soybean crushers pull meal, oil offers as strikes continue - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49721-argentina-s-soybean-crushers-pull-meal-oil-offers-as-strikes-continue.md) | +1.2% | +7.4% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/news/newsticker-chaos-argentina-50-less-soybean-meal-currently-being-produced-2020-03-30

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