# AgriCensus Report

> ADM reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings per share of 55 cents, down sharply from a year earlier and below analyst estimates. Its oilseeds business nearly doubled profit, helped by low US soybean prices and high global soymeal prices.

- Date: 2019-02-06 · published 2019-02-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60713-agricensus-report
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Strong crush margins signal robust processing demand for soybeans and soymeal, but the report also shows that China's soybean tariffs disrupted US export trading volumes.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- commodityconversations.com: https://commodityconversations.com/wordpress2/2019/02/06/agricensus-report-9/

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