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Brazil To Pass US As World's Largest Soy Producer In 2018

Brazil will surpass the United States as the largest producer of soybeans this year, taking over the top ranking for the first time in history, oilseeds cr...

Faltering Chinese Soybean Demand Dents Brazil's Chances Of Trade War Bonanza

An unexpected drop in short-term Chinese purchases of Brazilian soybeans is denting exports of the oilseed from the South American nation, which just a few...

China Tariffs Spark Shake-Up Of Global Soybean Trade Flows

Top soybean buyer China could not only end up paying more for the oilseed if it imposes tariffs on U.S. imports but may also create new buyers for American...

Soy Farmers In Brazil Face Weather Challenge As Planting Begins

Brazil’s next soybean crop, the world’s second-largest, is facing a challenge before farmers have even planted the first seeds in the ground....

Cargill, Dreyfus Halt Brazil Soy Plants as Margins Vanish

Cargill Inc. and Louis Dreyfus Co. are among the companies that have stopped some processing of soybeans in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of t...

China’s Insatiable Soybean Hunger Eats Into Record U.S. Crop

U.S. farmers just can’t seem to grow enough soybeans to satisfy China. For the third year in a row, U.S production is expected to set a record, th...

Cargill Posts Fourth-Quarter Loss on Trading, Oilseed Crush

Cargill Inc., the U.S. agricultural giant, posted a fourth-quarter adjusted operating loss of $19 million partly because of wrong-way bets in soybean marke...

Brazil’s Soybean Output, Exports to Decline On Stubborn Drought

Soybean production in 2016 will fall for the first time in four years because of a persistent drought, according to the crop-forecasting agency in Brazil,...