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Morning Ag Clips reports that China cancelled a U.S. soybean purchase the prior week, raising concern that Chinese buyers may hold back to lower prices. Global Commodity Analytics says Chinese soybean crushing margins are deeply negative and hog prices are at their lowest since early 2015.
The analyst expects China to move toward hand-to-mouth buying if U.S. prices keep rising, with the U.S. in a strong position depending on Argentina's crop size.
Weak crush margins and oversupplied hogs reduce Chinese demand for soybeans and soymeal, which pressures prices if purchases slow. A shift to hand-to-mouth buying would make U.S. export sales less predictable and could cap soybean rallies.
morningagclips.comZeusstogie67Feb 20, 2018After 250 past neutral trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and -0.2% over 20.
After 384 past bearish trade events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.6%), and -0.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
