# Soybean Meal Exports – LACO Commodity Research

> US soybean meal sales for the current season totaled 5.5 million tonnes in late December, versus 6.8 million a year earlier. USDA's December balance sheet cut 2019/20 meal exports by 350 thousand tons.

- Date: 2020-01-05 · published 2020-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55168-soybean-meal-exports-laco-commodity-research
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Lagging export sales and a USDA export cut point to weaker US meal demand, which is bearish for soymeal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2024-11-14 | [USDA Forecasts Drop in Soybean Meal Price – LACO Commodity Research](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27472-usda-forecasts-drop-in-soybean-meal-price-laco-commodity-research.md) | -1.3% | -2.7% |
| SBM | 2019-03-18 | [U.S. Soybean Meal Shipments and Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60153-u-s-soybean-meal-shipments-and-exports.md) | +1.4% | -0.9% |
| SBM | 2017-10-02 | [Early soybean yield reports come in above expectations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68311-early-soybean-yield-reports-come-in-above-expectations.md) | +1.1% | +0.2% |
| SBM | 2022-05-19 | [Current Soybean Meal-Corn Ratio](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41486-current-soybean-meal-corn-ratio.md) | +2.6% | +0.7% |
| SBM | 2021-11-30 | [Falling demand for soybean meal expected in EU — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12233-falling-demand-for-soybean-meal-expected-in-eu-latifundist-com.md) | +2.7% | +16.6% |
| SBO | 2025-12-24 | [Argentina soybean oil and meal exports will decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13821-argentina-soybean-oil-and-meal-exports-will-decline.md) | -0.2% | +5.0% |
| SBO | 2025-04-11 | [Brazil's rising biodiesel demand restricts soybean oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25204-brazil-s-rising-biodiesel-demand-restricts-soybean-oil-exports.md) | +2.3% | +4.3% |
| SBO | 2022-10-03 | [Renewable diesel demand could pressure soybean exports \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15363-renewable-diesel-demand-could-pressure-soybean-exports-the-western-producer.md) | +3.7% | +9.2% |

## Sources

- lacocommodities.com: https://lacocommodities.com/bull-soybean-oil-market/
- lacocommodities.com: https://lacocommodities.com/soybean-meal-exports/

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