Tidbits, US-Brazil-China Soybeans, Crop Estimates, Weather, Export Sales 9/18/25
- Wright team
- Sep 19
- 4 min read
Tidbits
Soybeans: The U.S. may not be selling soybeans to the world’s largest soybean importer (China), but it looks like the U.S. will be selling beans to the world’s largest soybean producer (Brazil), which sells most of its beans to China.
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brazil soybean crushing plants near Brazil’s ports are running the numbers on importing U.S. soybeans instead of trying to get beans from the West Central area of Brazil, which is 600 to 1,000 miles away from the ports. Many of the roads are just graded sandy soil. The rumor yesterday was that two shiploads of U.S. soybeans have already been purchased by crushers in Brazil.
Up until about 15 years ago, Brazil imported U.S. soybeans during the U.S. harvest more years than not. Now that Brazil grows 50% more beans than the U.S. and has expanded storage every year, Brazil imports very few U.S. soybeans. In 2020, Brazil imported more than 11 million bushels (300,000 mts) of U.S. soybeans but very few since then.
Brazil used to intentionally export so many beans during their harvest knowing it would most likely need to import U.S. beans during the U.S. harvest for their own domestic use.
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