# Fair soybean pricing matters to farmer, consumers and the value chain: Grain SA prepares for 6 November hearing - Grain SA

> Grain SA is seeking an interim interdict against the JSE's decision to drop the soybean Multiple Reference Point pricing model in favour of a single reference point. The interdict will be heard on 6 November 2026, while a separate review application was filed on 26 October.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T19:42:21.325Z
- Category: policy · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78372-fair-soybean-pricing-matters-to-farmer-consumers-and-the-value-chain-grain-sa
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Changes to South African soybean reference-point pricing affect local soybean price formation and regional basis differentials, which feed buyers track for domestic soybean meal costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-11-23 | [Indian farmers hold soybeans as government measures cut prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44077-indian-farmers-hold-soybeans-as-government-measures-cut-prices.md) | -4.5% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2018-12-17 | [Trump Writes Soybean Farmers Second Check for Tariff Troubles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61573-trump-writes-soybean-farmers-second-check-for-tariff-troubles.md) | -1.7% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-08-15 | [Were southern soybean farmers at top of mind in the design of recent USDA tariff and disaster relief programs?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57597-were-southern-soybean-farmers-at-top-of-mind-in-the-design-of-recent-usda.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2019-05-21 | [U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58949-u-s-to-favour-soybeans-in-trade-war-aid-for-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +2.9% | +9.8% |
| SOY | 2016-11-04 | [ADM sees ‘fluid situation’ surrounding Argentine soybean meal  \| World-grain.com \| November 04, 2016 12:00 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73928-adm-sees-fluid-situation-surrounding-argentine-soybean-meal-world-grain-com.md) | +0.9% | +6.5% |

## Sources

- grainsa.co.za: https://grainsa.co.za/press-release/fair-soybean-pricing-matters-to-farmers-consumers-value-chain/

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