Soybeans: negotiations stall with disagreement between buyers and producers

Negotiations for soybean grains in the Brazilian market continue at a slow pace. According to information from the Cepea (Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics) bulletin, the main cause is the disparity between the prices offered by buyers and the selling requests from soybean farmers, who are capitalized and more attentive to the international scenario. On one side, producers avoid closing new deals in anticipation of a possible recovery in external prices. On the other, the buying side adopts a cautious stance, anchored in the significant volume of stocks from the 2024/25 crop, the optimistic projections for the 2025/26 harvest, and the exchange rate scenario, with the recent appreciation of the Brazilian real against the US dollar (US$/R$). Another factor that has been pressuring the domestic market is the drop in export premiums, which reduces the competitiveness of Brazilian soybeans in the international scenario. As a result, prices for the oilseed have shown only ...